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Issuing body:
Wright Company  Search this
Former owner:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948 DSI  Search this
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Author:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this
H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Wright, Orville 1871-1948  Search this
Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this
Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this
Physical description:
1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
United States
North Carolina
Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk (N.C.)
Date:
1916
[1916?]
Notes:
Brochure for an exhibition of the Wright Flyer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, June 11-13, 1916.
Cover title.
"The first flight ever made by man was made upon the machine now exhibited for the first time on the occasion of the dedication of the new buildings at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology"--Title page verso.
SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039640) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-25. Stamped on page 4: From the private library of Orville Wright.
SCDIRB copy has source: Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, May 6, 2001.
SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.
Topic:
Wright Flyer (Airplane)  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002145 A
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1102928