[Orville Wright, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[Orville Wright, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front], 1909 March 17. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/2343731bd59e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Orville Wright, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Orville Wright, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front]
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Orville Wright stands at three-quarter length, facing the camera, in this March 1909 portrait from the Alfred Hildebrandt Collection. By then he and his brother Wilbur had become famous for their powered airplane flights, and Orville was still recovering from injuries he suffered in a crash at Fort Myer, Virginia, in 1908. The record notes that the print may be autographed, which would have made such photographs popular keepsakes among admirers of early aviation. Its formal pose reflects the conventions of portrait photography at the time, when public figures were often shown as composed and dignified.
| Created / published | 1909 March 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Alfred Hildebrandt Collection. Autographed(?) photoprint. |
| Subjects | Wright, Orville,--1871-1948. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,311 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183532 |
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