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[Men with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of men with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Robert G. Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription on envelope: "Pacific to Atlantic Flight 1911 / Films only."

[Men working on Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of men working on a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Wooden tracks are under the aircraft's wheels. Image likely taken during Robert G. Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States. Inscription on envelope: "Pacific…

[Orville Wright and Philip O. Parmalee with Wright Model B]
Photograph of Orville Wright (left) and pilot Philip O. Parmalee (right) with a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. The men are preparing for Parmalee's flight to transport bolts of silk (visible next to Parmalee)…

[Orville Wright in Wright Model B]
Photograph of Orville Wright sitting at the controls of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, Simms Station, Ohio, circa 1909-1917. Inscription on album page: "Orvile [Orville] Wright."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers photograph…

[Oscar Brindley at controls of Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Oscar Brindley at the controls of a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.Caption: "Mercurial Aeroplane Co. (INC) Presens. Aviator Oscar Brindley, American Altitude record, 11,775 feet, in Passenger Carrying Wright…

[People with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of people with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1910s.

[People with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of people with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.

[People with Wright Model B]
Photograph of a group of people posing with a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft at the Wright Flying School, Simms Station, Ohio, circa 1915. Inscription on album page: "Canadians at Wright School – Simms Station. 1915."Item from the William Preston…

[People working on Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of people working on a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s. Tents are visible in the background.

[Philip O. Parmalee flying Wright Model B over crowd]
Photograph of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, piloted by Philip O. Parmalee, in flight over a crowd at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight, with Parmalee carrying bolts of silk from Dayton…
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