William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers Photograph Album

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This personal album of aviation photographer William Preston Mayfield contains 50 silver gelatin prints relating to Wilbur and Orville Wright. Orville Wright is pictured several times though Wilbur only appears a few times. A few other pilots and students are also pictured. Several of their planes are pictured, in flight and on the ground. The majority of photographs were taken at the Wrights' Simms Station Road airfield near Dayton, Ohio, but some were taken at other locations including Paris, France and New York City.

The photographs were taken primarily from 1909-1917 but the prints were made circa 1930s. The prints measure approximately 9.5x7.5 inches. They are affixed to the pages of the leather-bound album and many have Mayfield's handwritten captions below.

Date1909-circa 1930CreatorMayfield, William Preston, 1896-1974Resource RecordGuide to the Mayfield (William Preston) Wright Brothers Photograph AlbumLanguageEnglishRights HolderThe Museum of Flight ArchivesRightsPermission to publish material from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers Photograph Album must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.Bibliographic CitationThe William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers Photograph Album/The Museum of FlightAccess StatusThis collection has been digitized in its entirety.

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