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Item Identifier Number
ms192_079
Creation Date
6-18-1909
Collection
MS-192: Andrew S. Iddings Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration Collection
Description
Katharine Wright is conversing with Lt. Frank P. Lahm and General James Allen during the 1909 Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration medals ceremony held on the morning of Friday June 18, 1909 at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds. General Allen of the United States Army Signal Corps presented the Congressional Medals to the Wright Brothers and was accompanied by Lt. Lahm. 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
2-6-2008
Digitization Specification
Epson Expression 10000 XL
Keywords
ms192_079; Medals; United States. Army; Medal ceremonies; Children performance; Dayton (Ohio) Wright Brothers Homecoming Celebration -- 1909; Allen, James, 1849-1933; Montgomery County Fairgrounds (Ohio); United States. Army--Officers; Soldiers; Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963; Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929; Flags--United States
