Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Rating |
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Title |
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina |
Caption |
The birthplace of aviation. It was at Kill Devil Hill that Orville and Wilbur Wright launched gliders, the spot where "The Kitty Hawk" left the ground for the first time on December 17, 1903. The National Memorial covers over 300 acres. |
Publisher |
Coastland Color Card Co., Nags Head, N.C. |
Description |
Color photograph taken from an airplane; the wing of the plan is visible along the top edge of the image. Image shows the Wright Brothers National Memorial, with the rest of Bodie Island and the Ocean visible in the background. |
Date |
1961 |
Subject (tgm) |
Aerial views Monuments Historic sites Airplane wings |
Subject Topical |
Postcards--North Carolina. |
Subject Geographic |
Kill Devil Hills (N.C.) Dare County (N.C.) Bodie Island (N.C.) Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.) |
DCMI Type |
Image |
Form General |
Postcards |
Language |
English |
Medium of Original |
Paper |
Collection in Repository |
North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052); collection guide online at http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0052/ |
Local Identifier |
P052;028-0208 |
Citation |
"[Postcard title]" in North Carolina Postcard Collection (P052), 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 |
P052-028-0208.tif |
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