Katharine Wright and Wilbur Wright Preparing to Fly, Orville Wright Looking On, Pau, France, February 15, 1909
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Katharine Wright, whose support for her brothers Wilbur and Orville never wavered, took her first flight as a passenger on February 15, 1909. With Wilbur at the controls, the siblings soared over Pau in the south of France, thrilling the crowd gathered to watch the celebrated Wright flying machine.
Katharine Wright, whose support for her brothers Wilbur and Orville never wavered, took her first flight as a passenger on February 15, 1909. With Wilbur at the controls, the siblings soared over Pau in the south of France, thrilling the crowd gathered to watch the celebrated Wright flying machine.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
15 February 1909
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.22492
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: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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