DANIELS JOHN T First Flight 120 Feet in 12 Seconds 1035 AM K

Sale 2208 - Lot 61

Price Realized: $ 6,240

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500

DANIELS, JOHN T.
"First Flight, 120 Feet in 12 Seconds, 10:35 AM, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina." Silver print with retouching, 7 3/4x9 1/2 inches (19.7x24.1 cm.), with a Mayfield Photos, Inc. hand stamp on mount verso. 1903

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 68.
This photograph shows Orville Wright at the controls of the plane, with Wilbur Wright running alongside. This was the first powered, controlled and sustained flight.
John T. Daniels photographed all 4 flights made that day, which are considered to be the first and only photographs taken by Daniels in his lifetime. Orville preset the camera and Daniels snapped the now famous image, almost forgetting to squeeze the shutter since he was overcome by excitement seeing the plane lift off the ground.

This image is sometimes attributed to William Mayfield, who was a Dayton-based photographer and close friend of the Wright Brothers.