Orville Wright, Katharine Wright and Wilbur Wright in France, 1909
THF723201 / Orville Wright, Katharine Wright and Wilbur Wright in France, 1909 / detail
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Artifact Overview
Orville Wright and Katharine Wright joined their brother Wilbur Wright in France in early 1909. Wilbur had completed a series of impressive demonstration flights the previous fall, and the three siblings were celebrated throughout the country as heroes. Despite all the attention from monarchs, politicians and business titans, the Wrights remained unaffectedly true to their Midwestern modesty.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
January 1909
Creator Notes
Copied from Flight magazine of January 23, 1909.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
82.300.1623.P.188.20982
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in
Inscriptions
Typed sheet adhered on back of image:
Copied from FLIGHT of January 23, 1909 / Wilbur Wright (on the right), Orville Wright, and their sister / Katherine (sic) in Paris immediately after the arrival of the two latter / from America / page 50
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