Orville Wright, 1871-1948 – Historic Reproduction
(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, 1871-1948 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Orville Wright, 1871-1948
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Orville Wright sits for this portrait taken in December 1946, two years before his death, long after the brothers' 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk had made the family name famous. The Library of Congress holds it as a single photographic print credited to photographer Dave Lutes, though the catalog notes that its date and details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified. By the mid-1940s Wright was a quiet elder statesman of aviation, often photographed as the surviving brother who had watched the field of flight grow from wood-and-fabric machines into jet-age aircraft.
| Created / published | 1946 Dec. 13. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Dave Lutes. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Aviation; BI; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139861 |
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