Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_16_2_17
Creation Date
12-17-1903
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
The first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight. Orville Wright pilots the Wright 1903 Flyer while Wilbur runs and watches the take off. Note on reverse in Orville's handwriting "First Wright power-driven aeroplane just leaving the ground at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Dec 17 - 1903."
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 print, black and white
Permissions
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Date Digital
9-7-2000
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000XL
Spatial Coverage
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Keywords
ms1_16_2_17; Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912; Wright 1903 Flyer; Flight; First powered flight; Airplanes--Take off; Launch rail; Two-wheeled truck; Coil boxes; Gasoline cans; Footprints; Kill Devil Hills (N.C.); Shovels; Benches
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