First Flight at Kitty Hawk 1903

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First Flight at Kitty Hawk 1903

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This volume contains a photograph and accompanying text. The photograph is labeled "A new, improved print of the only photograph taken of the Wright brother's first flight near Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec 17, 1903 -- one produced by the brothers themselves."

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Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,

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