Wright Memorial, Roanoke Island, N. C.
Rating
Title
Wright Memorial , Roanoke Island , N . C .
Caption
The 351st anniversary of the birth of English civilization in America - Fort Raleigh , Roanoke Island , N.C . - 1587 - 1938 . This is a genuine photograph .
Transcription
Message on back of card reads : "We arrived yesterday . Have thought of you , wishing you could be with us. Guess you recognize this picture . Mike & Ethel. " Addressed to: "Miss B[illegible] Mist[illegible] , 3710 Ferndale Ave , Baltimore , Maryland . Postmarked 2 September 1938 .
Description
View of a woman at the entrance to a monument . The monument bears the inscriptions , "Wilbur Wright " "Orville Wright " and "In commemoration of the conquest of air by [illegible]. "
Creation Date
1938
Date
ca. 1938
Subject (tgm)
Monuments & memorials
Subject Topical
Postcards--North Carolina.
Subject Geographic
Kill Devil Hills (N.C.) Bodie Island (N.C.) Dare County (N.C.) Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.)
DCMI Type
Image
Form General
Postcards
Language
English
Physical Description of Original
135 mm x 87 mm
Medium of Original
Paper
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077) ; collection guide available online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0077/
Local Identifier
P077;2-689
Citation
"Wright Memorial, Roanoke Island, N. C." Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Digital Collection
North Carolina Postcards
Repository
North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Copyright
Public Domain
filename
P077-2-689.tif
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