2-358-625 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Wilbur Wright, American aviator, and Leon Bollee, French inventor and car manufacturer, 1908. The pair are photographed outside Bollee's factory. Bollee let the Wright Brothers use his factory in Le Mans when they came to France to demonstrate their aircraft. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris.