Identifier2008-03-31_text_002SourceThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers (2008-03-31), Text Box 84, Folder 4Series2008-03-31, Series IVDescriptionPostcard to Howard L. Wilhelm from [illegible] S. Wright, November 8, 1910. Commemorates a flight made by Philip Orin Parmelee in a Wright Model B on November 7, 1910 to transport silk from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio, credited as the first commercial flight. Postcard includes a piece of red silk from the shipment.
Typed caption: "Aviation Day, Columbus, Ohio, November 7, 1910. The Morehouse-Martens Co. made the first commercial use of the Aeroplane in the World's History of Aviation. A cargo of R. & T. Pluvette Salome Silk was shipped from Dayton to Columbus in a Wright Aeroplane and delivered to the Morehouse-Martens Co. at the Driving Park. This is a piece of the famous R. & T. Pluvette Salome Silk carried from Dayton to Columbus by Aeroplane."Creation Date1910-11-08SubjectWright (Co) Model BTransport planesParmelee, Phillip Orin, 1887-1912PlaceOhioUnited StatesOriginal Formatpostcardsmixed materialsBibliographic CitationThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States
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