First flight at Kitty Hawk : manuscript, 1903.

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First flight at Kitty Hawk : manuscript, 1903.

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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