Identifier2023-08-14_image_019SourceThe Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection (2023-08-14), Box 1, Folder 2DescriptionPostcard of the Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft, circa 1911. A picture of Calbraith Perry Rodgers is inset on the lower right. The verso features an inscription written by Rodgers' wife Mabel, noting that he carried the postcard in the "Vin Fiz" during a flight across Arizona, as well as a signature ("Mamma") from Rodgers' mother. The card is addressed to Rodgers's sister, Martha Pease, in Hempstead, New Jersey. Also includes a 1-cent U.S. postage stamp, a 25-cent commemorative stamp of the "Vin Fiz," and postmark dated November 4, 1911.
Caption: "The famous 'Vin Fiz' Flyer used by C. P. Rodgers in his flight from New York to California, for Heart $50,000 prize."
Inscription on verso: "Calbraith carried this on his Wright Model EX (racing) aeroplane from Tucson Ariz. To Phoenix. Keep it as a souvenir."
[Wright Model EX "Vin Fiz" aircraft], [2023-08-14_image_019]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 15/01/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/25023
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