Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_24_8_15
Creation Date
2-20-1947
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
Orville Wright holding a magnesium chair during a tour of the Magnesium Show at Wright Field. Left to right: Richard D. Taylor, President of the Magnesium Association; Orville Wright; and Major General Benjamin W. Chidlaw, Deputy Commanding General of Engineering. The Magnesium Show was co-sponsored by the AAF, Army Ground Forces, Navy and the Magnesium Corporation of America. The show demonstrated many different uses for magnesium commercially, as well as uses by the Armed Services.
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
Dayton, Ohio
Keywords
ms1_24_8_15; Military Air Fields; Wright Field (Ohio); Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Magnesium Show (Dayton, Ohio); Magnesium Association (U.S.); Chidlaw, Benjamin W. (Benjamin Wiley), 1900-1977; Taylor, Richard D.
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