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Summary
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56.
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.
Tags
Date
01/01/1903
Contributors
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer
Location
Kitty Hawk (N.C.), 36.06472, -75.70583
Source
Library of Congress
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