The First Flight, Orville Wright

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A 4 1/2 by 6 inch card depicting the famous photograph of the first flight taking off, with Orville Wright at the airplane’s controls as it lifts in flight and his brother Wilbur observing on the ground, signed by Orville. The caption reads: “First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903 / Kitty Hawk, N.C.”...

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The First Flight, Orville Wright

A 4 1/2 by 6 inch card depicting the famous photograph of the first flight taking off, with Orville Wright at the airplane’s controls as it lifts in flight and his brother Wilbur observing on the ground, signed by Orville. The caption reads: “First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903 / Kitty Hawk, N.C.” With the original envelope, addressed in his hand to Harvey Ford. With the original envelope it came in, postmarked Dayton, January 9, 1930.

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