Orville Wright glider flights - Cyanotype #9
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Identifier: 805.1.f
Orville Wright speaks to reporters onboard a ferry from Manteo to Elizabeth City following successful glider tests. Writers present in 1911 were D. Bruce Salley from Norfolk; John Mitchell of Associated Press; Van Ness Harwood of New York Herald; Arnold Krockman from the New York American; and a few others. Identities in the photo have not been preserved. Sources differ as to whether the ferry was the Hattie Creef or the Trenton, both of which carried passengers and cargo between Elizabeth City and Manteo during these years.more...
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Orville Wright speaks to reporters onboard a ferry from Manteo to Elizabeth City following successful glider tests. Writers present in 1911 were D. Bruce Salley from Norfolk; John Mitchell of Associated Press; Van Ness Harwood of New York Herald; Arnold Krockman from the New York American; and a few others. Identities in the photo have not been preserved. Sources differ as to whether the ferry was the Hattie Creef or the Trenton, both of which carried passengers and cargo between Elizabeth City and Manteo during these years.
Date
1911
Call Number
805.1.f
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Collection(s)
Transportation
- Air
- Water

Subject(s)
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948
Reporters and reporting--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk
Ferries--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk
Finding Aid
Drinkwater, Alpheus W., Collection

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Location (spatial)
United States--North Carolina--Dare County (N.C.)--Kitty Hawk (N.C.)
Type
still image
Medium
photographs
Physical Description
153mm x 89mm x 0mm
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