Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. Longworth; Sec. Knox..., Sec. Nagle. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. Longworth; Sec. Knox..., Sec. Nagle. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

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Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Spectators: Mrs. [Alice Lee Roosevelt] Longworth; Sec. Knox; Unidentified; Sec. Nagle. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S. War Department offered them a $25,000 contract if their Flyer reached a speed of 40 miles per hour].


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Harris & Ewing, attributed to: American: Photographer, photography company, photography studio
Subject
  1. Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth: American:
  2. Philander C Knox: American: Politician, senator, lawyer
People Related
  1. George W. Harris: : Photographer
  2. Martha Ewing: American: Photographer
  3. Orville Wright: American: Aviator, flying pioneer, pilot
  4. Wilbur Wright: American: Inventor, pioneering aviator, pilot
  5. Wright Brothers: American: Aviators, flying pioneers, pilots

Medium
  1. Photograph

Picture Type
  1. Glass negatives. gmgpc
  2. Still image

Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States Virginia Arlington

  1. 38 52 00 N , 077 06 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

People Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 9108x6424
File Size : 57,139kb


Aliases

  1. 2016863803
  1. 1010015855
  1. 2-918-811
  1. 2016863803
  1. 2918811

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