Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, November 24, 1903
THF117229 / Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, November 24, 1903
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Artifact Overview
Orville and Wilbur Wright were both enthusiastic photographers. They took a camera with them to the Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and carefully documented their aviation experiments with it. This photo shows the 1903 Wright Flyer at Kill Devil Hills on November 24, 1903. Three weeks later, it made the first successful controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
December 1903
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2003.0.46.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Mounting
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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