Wright Brothers Photographs

 

Creator

Wright Brothers

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Item Identifier Number

ms1_16_6_1

Creation Date

6-23-1905

Collection

MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection

Description

The Wright 1905 Flyer at Huffman Prairie, near Dayton, taking off on the first flight of 1905 with Orville Wright as the pilot. Note on the reverse by Orville Wright "The 1905 motor at Simms Station near Dayton. The machine has just left the starting track its own propulsion being assisted by a falling weight cable rigged to the derrick for use in calm weather."

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

Special Collections and Archives provides reprints or digital copies of our materials for a fee. For further information please visit their website or call (937) 775-2092.

Date Digital

9-7-2000

Digitization Specification

AGFA DuoScan T2000XL

Spatial Coverage

Dayton, Ohio


Keywords

ms1_16_6_1; Huffman Prairie (Simms Station); Wright 1905 Flyer; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Airplanes--Takeoff; Launching derricks; Airplanes; Sawhorses; Launch rail; Airfields; Simms Station (Ohio); Hangars; Trees; Huffman Prairie (Ohio)

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Rights Statement

No Copyright - United States