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1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL))
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1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Date Taken in 1901 (11 July 2017 (original upload date))
Medium 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 4 x 5 in.
institution QS:P195,Q131454
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  • Call Number: LC-W85- 112 [P&P]
  • Reproduction Number: LC-W85- 112 [P&P] (digital file from original neg.)
Notes

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48.
Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright.
Reference copy in LOT 11512.

Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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under the digital ID ppprs.00571.
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