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Orville Wright, Katharine Wright and Wilbur Wright in France, 1909

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Artifact Overview

Orville Wright and Katharine Wright joined their brother, Wilbur, in France in early 1909. Wilbur had completed a series of impressive demonstration flights the previous fall, and the three siblings were celebrated throughout the country as heroes. Despite all the attention from monarchs, politicians, and business titans, the Wrights remained unaffectedly true to their Midwestern modesty.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

January 1909

Creator Notes

Copied from Flight magazine of January 23, 1909.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

82.300.1623.P.188.20982

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in

Inscriptions

Typed sheet adhered on back of image: Copied from FLIGHT of January 23, 1909 / Wilbur Wright (on the right), Orville Wright, and their sister / Katherine (sic) in Paris immediately after the arrival of the two latter / from America / page 50