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The Wright brothers inaugurated the aerial age with the world's first successful flights of a human-carrying, powered, and controlled heavier-than-air flying machine. By 1908 the Wrights were demonstrating their machines in Europe. This collection consists of three black and white photographs of Orville and Wilbur Wright, with a Wright (Co) Type A aircraft, taken in 1908 and 1909 in France and Germany.

Identifier

NASM.2011.0010

Date

1908, 1909

Provenance

Jacques Perier, Gift, 2011, NASM.2011.0010.

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three black and white photographs, ranging in size from approximately 6 by 4 inches to 7 by 5 inches, of Orville and Wilbur Wright, taken in 1908 and 1909 in France and Germany. Two photographs show Wilbur Wright at the Hunaudiéres Race Course in Le Mans, France in August 1908. In one image, the Wright (Co) Type A, with Wilbur a att the controls, can be seen in flight. In the second image from France, Wilbur Wright is shown seated at the controls of his Wright (Co) Type A aircraft. The third image in the collection shows Orville Wright standing with two unidentified men near the tail of the Wright (Co) Type A Templehof Field, Berlin, Germany, in August or September 1909.

Arrangement note

Collection is in chronological order.

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

Wright Brothers Photographs [Perier], NASM.2011.0010, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics
Air pilots
Wright (Co) Type A Family

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints