Orville Wright Flying at Ft. Myer, Virginia
Artist
James H. Hare
(American, born England, 1856 - 1946)
Date1908
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 4 inches (15.24 × 10.16 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 1/16 inches (17.94 × 12.86 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 1/16 inches (17.94 × 12.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3219
SignedOn sheet verso, center, stamped: "J.H.HARE, / COLLIER'S WEEKLY."
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, in pencil: "Wright flying".
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a biplane flying in the sky, upper right. Crowds are gathered in the grassy landscape below.Gallery LabelOne of the first photojournalists, James Hare served as a staff news photographer for the Illustrated American and Collier’s. Particularly celebrated for his aerial views and his photographs of early aviation, Hare was one of several photographers to witness the first public flights made by Orville and Wilbur Wright in the summer of 1908 in Fort Myer, Virginia. The flight trials, which took place to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, took a tragic turn when Orville Wright and passenger Thomas Selfridge crashed, killing Selfridge and injuring Wright.
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