Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_24_2_1
Creation Date
12-29-1943
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
A reviewing stand with dignitaries and a crowd for the unveiling of a two-ton marble monument on the site of the Wright Brothers first civilian pilot training school. The monument reads, "1910-1943. This stone to mark the airdrome expansion at Maxwell Field, completed on 1 December 1943, must endure in honor of Orville Wright who flew here on 26 March 1910 and Lieut. Wm. C. Maxwell for whom this post is named, and all men who fly for freedom, the living and the dead."
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 T2000XL
Spatial Coverage
Montgomery, Alabama
Keywords
ms1_24_2_1; Military Air Fields; Maxwell Field (Ala.); Maxwell Air Force Base (Ala.); Rites and ceremonies; Historic sites; Monuments; Memorials Airport control towers; Hangars; Orators; Cameras; Airport buildings
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