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Brenda Elthon
@LookNoFurther4
I write "Photo of the Day," a little Substack newsletter presenting history's best photos and the stories behind them. https://t.co/oyVkU8zvt8

Aug 26, 2021, 9 tweets

Wilbur Wright's home in Dayton.
1900

Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop.

1897

When the Wright brothers first went to Kitty Hawk, NC, they pitched a tent on the beach.
Here is their camp.
1901

close-up view of the Wright Brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk. I'll bet the wood structure was for their plane and the men slept in the tent.
1901

This is the kitchen inside the Wright Brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk.
So tidy.
Any mother would be proud.

Did you know that the Wright Brothers manufactured airplanes for a while? They tried to sell them to the US War Department; but so did a lot of other guys.
This is the Wright Brothers' airplane factory in Dayton.
1911

Orville Wright and a neighbor work on bicycle frames.
1897

The Wright Brothers in front of their second airplane design.

Dayton

1904

Wilbur Wright and Dan Tate test a glider design by flying it as a kite.

Kitty Hawk

September 19. 1902

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