Portrait of Wilbur Wright as a Boy, 1878
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Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana. He was a strong student until an ice hockey accident as a teenager sunk him into a depression. Ironically, his mother's failing health brought Wilbur out of his melancholy as he cared for her in her final years. Instead of college, Wilbur educated himself through his father's extensive library.
Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana. He was a strong student until an ice hockey accident as a teenager sunk him into a depression. Ironically, his mother's failing health brought Wilbur out of his melancholy as he cared for her in her final years. Instead of college, Wilbur educated himself through his father's extensive library.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Subject Date
1878
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
62.167.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
Printed on back: S. T. Wiggins, Photographer, No. 15 South Commercial Street, Ground Floor Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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