Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_23_7_18
Creation Date
1927
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
William J. Tate's home, the former Kitty Hawk Post Office. Photograph was taken when house was used as a parsonage. Typed note on back, "Residence occupied by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, N.C. in the yard of which was assembled the parts of their first experimental glider. Capt. W. J. Tate then owned the place; later it became a Methodist parsonage and was burned April 7th, 1928. W. A. Betts, Pastor."
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
3-4-2003
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000 XL
Spatial Coverage
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Keywords
ms1_23_7_18; Museums and Memorials; Historical markers; Historic sites; Houses; Wooden-frame buildings; Parsonages; Post office buildings
Image Location
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