Taft, William Howard (President); Wright, Katharine; Wright, Orville; Wright, Wilbur; Hawley, Alan R.; McCoy, James Comly; Forbes, A. Holland; Edwards, Charles Jerome. [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

Following a ceremony at the White House, Washington, D.C., on June 10, 1909, to present Aero Club of America gold medals to the Wright Brothers, U.S. President William Howard Taft (center) poses on the portico with group (left to right): Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver, Alan R. Hawley, James C. McCoy, A. Holland Forbes, Wilbur Wright, Taft, Orville Wright, Katharine Wright, Congressman Herbert Parsons (R-NY), Charles Jerome Edwards, unidentified.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

Aeronautics

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Restrictions & Rights

Images are subject to Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, Copyright and Image Use Restrictions. Usage requires prior written permission. Should you wish to use NASM still images in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Photographs, available at NASM's Permissions webpage: www.nasm.si.edu/research/arch/permissions.cfm

photographer

Unknown

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Date

June 10, 1909

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-A-38831

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