Nov 21 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 40

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(AVIATION.) [John T. Daniels, photographer.] Photograph of the famous first flight at Kitty Hawk. Silver print, 4½ x 6½ inches; minor wear, notations on verso including early photo agency inked stamp, inked date stamps from 1928 onward, mount remnants, and pencil caption reading "Wrights' first plane with engine, Orville Wright laying down." [Dare County, NC]: Brown Brothers, [17 December 1903 event, later printing]
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Orville Wright is seen at the controls of the plane, with Wilbur running alongside. This was their first powered, controlled and sustained flight; Daniels photographed all 4 flights made that day. Orville pre-set the camera and Daniels (who had never operated a camera before that day) snapped the now famous image, almost forgetting to squeeze the shutter in the excitement of seeing the plane lift off the ground.

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