Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with the printed letterhead of the Wright Cycle Company.
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, were two American aviators generally credited with inventing and flying the world's first successful airplane.
SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039681) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-28.
SCDIRB copy has source: Profiles in History, Calabasas Hills, CA, May 31, 2013.
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.
Summary:
Letter to Daniels, surfman at the Kill Devil Hills Life-Saving Station and photographer of the Wright Flyer's first flight, discussing the Wright brothers' "buildings" and materials left at Kitty Hawk and mentioning results of their latest flight tests.