The crowd waiting for the results of the flight trial

Creator

Preview

Item Identifier Number

ms1_36_110

Creation Date

8-1-1908

Collection

MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection

Description

Photograph taken at Camp d'Auvours of the crowd of men and women waiting for the results of Wilbur Wright's flight test. Wilbur wrote to his sister Katharine that there were always so many people he could "not even take a bath without having a hundred or two people peeking at me." >From the Leon Bollee Album presented to Orville Wright July 17, 1920. This photograph was taken between 08/1908 and 01/1909.

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

March 2003

Digitization Specification

AGFA DuoScan T2000 XL

Spatial Coverage

Le Mans, France