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Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47.

Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright.

Reference copy in LOT 11512.

Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

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Date

01/01/1900
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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer
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Kitty Hawk (N.C.) ,  36.06472, -75.70583
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