Hauling the Wright Flyer on a Road, France, 1908-1909
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French automaker Leon Bollee offered his factory and a staff of mechanics to Wilbur Wright prior to Wright's demonstration flights near Le Mans, France, in 1908. Moving the Wright airplane from Bollee's factory to the Hunaudieres race course -- and later to Camp d'Auvours, 11 kilometers from Le Mans -- required creative transportation. Once in place, Wright housed the plane in an on-site hangar.
French automaker Leon Bollee offered his factory and a staff of mechanics to Wilbur Wright prior to Wright's demonstration flights near Le Mans, France, in 1908. Moving the Wright airplane from Bollee's factory to the Hunaudieres race course -- and later to Camp d'Auvours, 11 kilometers from Le Mans -- required creative transportation. Once in place, Wright housed the plane in an on-site hangar.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
1908-1909
Creators
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2000.53.107
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Technique
Gelatin dry plate process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.000 in
Width: 7.000 in
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