Crown Prince of Germany, Hart O. Berg, and Orville Wright [standing by airplane], Berlin, 1909 – Antique Print
![Crown Prince of Germany, Hart O. Berg, and Orville Wright [standing by airplane], Berlin, 1909, 1909 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2d/2d4296e30e0f-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Crown Prince of Germany, Hart O. Berg, and Orville Wright [standing by airplane], Berlin, 1909. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Crown Prince of Germany, Hart O. Berg, and Orville Wright [standing by airplane], Berlin, 1909
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Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany stands beside an airplane with Orville Wright and Hart O. Berg in this 1909 view taken in Berlin. That year Wright was demonstrating his flying machine in Germany, and Berg, the Wrights' European agent, helped arrange the flights. The Crown Prince's presence shows how seriously the German military and public took powered flight only six years after the Wrights' first flight at Kitty Hawk. The caption data is unverified, so the exact occasion is best read within that demonstration tour.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No. 45. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Airplanes--1909; Geogr.; BI. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141321 |
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