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Item Identifier Number
ms192_048
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
Wilbur and Orville Wright are accepting City of Dayton Medals from Mayor Edward E. Burkhart, during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. On the far left of the image, J. Sprigg McMahon is leaning forward and Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm of the United States Army Signal Corps is to the right. Seated behind Wilbur Wright are Leontine and Ivonette Wright, the daughters of Lorin Wright. Katharine Wright is to the right of Ivonette, followed by Ivonette Stokes Wright, the wife of Lorin Wright. Behind Leontine and Katharine are Wilbur Landis and Frank Gilbert. Landis and Gilbert were members of the Ten Dayton Boys Club, who were invited to sit on the stage as distinguished guests of the Wright family during the ceremony. In the grandstands, school children are clothed in red, white, and blue to form the United States of America flag.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic Negative
Permissions
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Date Digital
1-30-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_048; United States. Army; Burkhart; Edward E.; 1872-1926; Stages; Spectators; Flags--United States; Wright; Wilbur; 1867-1912; McMahon; J. Sprigg; 1869-1931; Medals; Grandstands; Miller; Ivonette Wright; 1896-1995; Landis; Wilbur E.; 1862-1932; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio); Soldiers; Medal ceremonies; Jameson; Leontine Wright; 1898-1977; Rites and ceremonies; Lahm; Frank Purdy; 1877-1963; Wright; Ivonette Stokes; 1865-1940; Children performance; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Child artists; Mayors--Ohio--Dayton; Haskell; Katharine Wright; 1874-1929; Wright; Orville; 1871-1948; United States. Army--Officers; Ten Dayton Boys; Gilbert; Frank I.; 1866-1938; Performance art
