The Wright Brothers' 1903 Flyer and Camp at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
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Artifact Overview
Wilbur and Orville Wright established a modest camp among the sand dunes at Kill Devil Hills. They built a wooden shed to house their glider -- and themselves -- in 1901. When they returned with the powered Flyer airplane in 1903, the brothers built a new, larger hangar and converted the old shed into living quarters. Wilbur jokingly called it their "summer house."
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
24 November 1903
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.76988.D
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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