Christmas Card from Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine Wright, 1911

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Artifact Overview

With their list of personal and professional contacts growing ever longer, the Wright siblings sent printed Christmas cards during the 1911 holiday season. Unfortunately, the new year would not be a happy one for the Wrights. Exhausted by ongoing legal fights over their aviation patents, Wilbur Wright died from typhoid fever on May 30, 1912.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Christmas card

Date Made

1911

Subject Date

1911

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

82.300.1623.15

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Ribbon (Material)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5.25 in
Width: 4 in

Christmas Card from Wilbur, Orville, and Katharine Wright, 1911