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Wright (Co) Type A Military (Signal Corps No.1) [Oversize]

Catalog Data

Collection Creator:
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Scope and Contents:
17.5 x 21 inch photograph, brown toned matte gelatin silver print, mounted on 20.5 x 24 inch heavy greyish-brown cardboard; Winfield Scott Clime photograph of Wright (Co) Type A Military biplane, piloted by Orville Wright with unknown passenger, in flight over Fort Myer, Virginia, during the US Army trials, September 1908. Note on reverse, "Gift of Mr. & Mrs. A.W. Clime, Old Lyme, Conn, Acknowledged 1951." Three-quarter right front view from below of aircraft; photographer in bowler hat at lower left foreground.
Collection Restrictions:
The majority of the Archives Department's public reference requests can be answered using material in these files, which may be accessed through the Reading Room at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. More specific information can be requested by contacting the Archives Research Request.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.1183.A, File AW-800618-O2
See more items in:
National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft
National Air and Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Aircraft / Series A: Aircraft / Aircraft W / Wright Co (Dayton, OH)
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2d216f297-0d24-44b6-858e-d9c3cf31986c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-1183-a-ref56596