Box 34

Scope and Contents The album contains autographed letters and speeches given on the occasion, from President Taft, Augustus Post, Herbert Parsons, Brigadier General James Allen, head of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Gutzon Borglum, and letters of tribute from ten state governors including Charles E. Hughes. Also included are detailed accounts of the qualifying flights of both Wilbur and Orville at Fort Myer and Le Mans, and newspaper editorials and cartoons from major cities on the occasion. Photographs...