Box 1
Container
Contains 155 Results:
Katharine Wright with Lt. Frank P. Lahm., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 71
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
City of Dayton Fire Department ladder wagon., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 72
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
City of Dayton Fire Department ladder wagon., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 73
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
Seating area of Reviewing Stand, with flag and oversize photograph of the Wright Brothers in background., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 74
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
Parade route north with spectators spilling on to street after parade had passed., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 75
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
View of the human flag., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 76
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
Float with school children paying court to the Parade Queen, Helen Fishter, holding aloft a model of the first airplane., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 77
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
A view of spectators and the human flag., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 78
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
Lt. Frank P. Lahm, Katharine Wright, and General James Allen., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 79
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
Horse-drawn float featuring small model of a hot air balloon., 1909 June
Item — Box: 1, Item: 80
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection visually documents the two-day Homecoming Celebration which was a salute to the Wrights' accomplishments in aviation. The Wrights had just returned from successful exhibition flights in France, Germany, and Italy where they received accolades from heads of states and gained fame throughout Europe. The event included receptions, parades, concerts, and firework displays all in honor of Dayton's hometown heroes. Daytonians were even given the opportunity to shake hands with...
Dates:
1909 June
