Dayton, Ohio Historic photos, documents, and people

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Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. June 22, 1927

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Parlor of the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, occupied by the Wright family from 1871 through 1879 and October 1885 through April 1914

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Gen. J.F. O'Ryan, Capt. Edw. Olmstead, Lt. W. Sterrburry, Capt. C.L. Levin, Lt. Col. F.W. Ward, Lt. Col. H.S. Sternberger, and Maj. E.W. Dayton

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Gen. J.F. O'Ryan, Lt. Col. F.W. Ward, Capt. E.D. Olmstead, Lt. Col. H.S. Sternberger, Lt. Wm. S. Terriburry, Maj. E.W. Dayton, Capt. C. Levin

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Flight 85: Orville in flight over treetops, covering a distance of approximately 1,760 feet in 40 1/5 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

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Flight 30: machine close to the ground, Wilbur piloting, covering a distance of 784 feet in 22 3/4 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

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Katharine Wright, Harriet Silliman, and Agnes Osborne in horse-drawn carriage across from Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio

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Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

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Orville seated in Wright airplane with Albert B. Lambert before takeoff; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio