The Wright Memorial
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Title |
The Wright Memorial |
Caption |
The Wright Memorial, a pylon of glistening white Mount Airy granite, authorized by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1927, was completed in 1932 and dedicated on Nov. 19, 1932. Its initial cost was $285,000. There have been subsequent appropriations for roads and landscaping on its 26 acre reservation. It was from this hill that the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, O., experimented with their glider for nearly two years before putting an engine on it. On Dec. 17 1903, near the foot of this hill, they successfully flew their glider under its own power, the first successful flight of a heavier than air power driven flying machine ever made by man. The monument is 61 feet high. |
Subject (tgm) |
Monuments Historic sites |
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;028-0195 |
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 |
Copyright Status Unknown |
filename |
P052-028-0195.tif |
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