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Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

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Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois [sic], 1909 July. [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. Seen here are US Army aviation pioneers Frank P. Lahm and Benjamin D. Foulois].

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People Information

Creator
  1. Harris & Ewing, attributed to: American: Photographer, photography company, photography studio
Subject
  1. Frank P. Lahm: American: aviation pioneer
  2. Benjamin Foulois: American: Soldier, general, pilot, aviator
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. Portrait
  3. 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

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

History & Politics War & Military Military Figures & Personnel

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6595x8315
File Size : 53,553kb

Aliases

  1. 2016863810
  1. 1010015862
  1. 2-918-818
  1. 2016863810
  1. 2918818
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