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Wright Brothers Exhibit
Diaries
Joshua Judson Davis, [Diary Entry], August 1888
Joshua Judson Davis, [Diary Entry], October 1888
Joshua Judson Davis, [Diary Entry], December 1888
Wilbur Wright, [Diary Entry], 13 September 1900
[Observations on Soaring]
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 26 October 1900
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], June 1901
Edward Huffaker, [Diary Entry], July 1901
Wilbur Wright, [Diary Entry], July 1901
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], July 1901
Edward Huffaker, [Diary Entry], August 1901
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 2 August 1901
Wilbur Wright, [Diary Entry], 7 August 1901
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], March 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 11 April 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], July 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], August 1902
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], August 1902
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], September 1902
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 24 November 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 24 Demecmber 1902
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], August 1903
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], September 1903
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 6 October 1903
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1903
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], November 1903
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], November 1903
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], December 1903
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], December 1903
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], April 1908
Wilbur Wright, [Diary Entry], April 1908
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], May 1908
Wilbur Wright, [Diary Entry], May 1908
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], September 1911
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1911
Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], October 1911
Milton Wright, [Diary Entry], 1 November 1911

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Photos
The Brothers
[Nos Aeroplanes]
New York Herald Reporter's Presentation to A. W. Drinkwater
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #1]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #2]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #3]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #4]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #5]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #6]
[General Burnside’s Headquarters for Battle of Roanoke - Cyanotype #7]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #8]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #9]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #10]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #11]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #12]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #13]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #14]
[Hotel Roanoke, Manteo, NC - Cyanotype #15]
[Orville Wright’s Visit to Kitty Hawk Village - Cyanotype #16]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Cyanotype #17]
[Orville Wright with Reporters Departing Manteo - Sepia #1]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Sepia #2]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Sepia #3]
[Orville Wright Glider Flights - Sepia #4]

Outer Banks
[Steamer Trenton]
[Scenes at Elizabeth City]
[Map of Outer Banks]
[Local Family]
[Scenes from Pilgrimage To Old Fort Raleigh On Roanoke Island]
[Scenes on Pilgrimage To Old Fort Raleigh On Roanoke Island]

Hidden Images
[542-Ocean Surf]
565 - A View of Kitty Hawk Bay
546 - Willam J. Tate and His Family
547 - Captain and Mrs. James Hobbs
549 - Camp Kitty Hawk In Is Lunar Landscape
560 - Tenting at Camp Kitty Hawk
564 - The Wright's Environment
563 - The Lunar Landscape
567 - A Distant View of Kitty Hawk Village
568 - A Closer View of Kitty Hawk Village
557 - View of Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Station From The 1900 Camp
550 - Lifesavers At The Kitty Hawk Life Saving Station
551 - Second View of Lifesaver At Kitty Hawk
558 - Kitty Hawk Life Savers At Practive-Going Out
559 - Kitty Hawk Lifesavers At Practice-Coming In
545 - Thomas Tate, The First Wright Aviator
561 - An Odd Camera Goof
544 - The Wreck and The Village Beyond
556 - Discovering Kill Devil Hills
566 - The Majesty of Kill Devil Hills
15.7.20 - The 1901 Wright Camp From Atop Big Kill Devil Hill
576 - A Closer View
578 - Hamans Place-One of The Recluses For the Wrights
579 - The Sand Crab
581 - Kitty Hawk As A Salon On Flight
583 - The Characters of Kitty Hawk
15.5.22 - Wilbur Wright Drags the Tarpaper Procession as Orville Dresses for the Occasion
574 - Orville Displays he 1901 Glider Piled On End
571 - Wilbur and Orville Fly The 1901 Glider As A Kite
580 - Wilbur and Orville Fly the 1901 Glider as a Kite
575 - The Asencsion of Kill Devil Hill
569 - Launch Readiness
570 - Experimental Landings
15.7.21 - Reorganizing Kitty Hawk for Flight
15.7.22 - The Reassembled Kitchen
16.3.23 - The Reassembled Sleeping Space
593 - The 1920 Workshop/Dormitory/Living Space Complete
600 - The Lifesavers of Kill Devil Hills
631 - The Successful Test Sequence
630 - Wilbur Wright Aloft
602 - Wilbur Wright Soaring
592 - Orville Wright Soars As Well
597 - Wilbur Soars Even Longer
15.6.46 - Wilbur Over Kill Devil Hills
15.7.2 - The Original First Flight Celebration
15.6.2 - The Chanute Flyer Debacle
15.6.9 - Wright Trials Resume
15.6.5 - Another Triumphal Flight
598 - Controlled Flight
16.3.22 - 1903 Upgraded Living Quarters
15.6.40 - More Flights of the 1902 Graceful Glider
656 - Assembling The 1903 Powered Flyer
606 - Ready For Flight
607 - Ready for Flight
612 - Ready For Flight
613 - Ready For Flight
609 - Track Of Failed Flight
610 - Wilbur Grounded
615 - Readiness For Flight
669 - Wilbur Tracks Away Before Flight
626 - First Flight
629 - The Fourth Flight
614 - The Damaged Craft
624 - Bye, Bye Kitty Hawk
671 - The 1908 Headquarters Building
672 - The 1908 Dollies For Transporting Aircraft
673 - The Destroyed 1903 Camp
674 - A 1908 Kill Devil Hills Landscape
675 - The Kill Devil Hills Camp
705 - Panorama of the 1911 Camp
700 - Buster Wright And The 1911 Hangar
706 - View From 1911 Hangar
42.10 - Camp Life
42.14 - The Gun Toting Orville
693-Photo Opportunity #1
698-Photo Opportunity #2
699 - Orville Soars
692 - Observers Are Mesmerized
708 - Parson and Elder in the Whirlwind
697 - Posing with the Press
703 - The Telltale Door
711 - Farewell to Big Kill Devil

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Publications
Dare County Homecoming Edition
[Ad for Steamer Trenton, East Carolina Transportation Company]
[Ad for Manteo-Norfolk Line]
[Ad for Kramer Brothers Company]
[Ad for Sharber & White Hardware Co.]
"Dare County's Fame Spreads Across Globe"
"How to Get There and What to Do"
"Homecoming Program in Dare Next Week"
"Not a Mishap in a Million Miles"
"Principal Figures in the Dare County Homecoming Celebration Which Will Attract the Attention of Two Nations All Next Week"
"Roanoke Island Ready for its Noted Visitors"
"Warren Tells Congress Lost Colony Story"
"Largest County of Coast Guards"
"Praise For a Good Piece of Work"
"National Memorial to Aviation to be Sought"
"Prosperous County in a Prosperous State"
"Here Sportsmen Find Their Paradise"
"Beautiful Winter Homes in Currituck"
"Currituck Close to Roanoke Island Now"

Rare Articles and Pamphlets
[Text on Elizabeth City]
The Albemarle District of North Carolina
North Carolina and Its Resources
"History at Kill Devil Hill"
"Dare County"
Elizabeth City: Rich in Natural Beauty, Unsurpassed in Location, Unlimited in Resources, Manufacturing, Lumbering, Trucking and Fishing Center
The Beginning of Human Flight
Virginia Dare Shores, North Carolina
"The Wright Memorial and Fort Raleigh"
Wings Over Kill Devil...and Legends of the Dunes of Dare

Wright Memorial Special Edition
"Hunting, Fishing, Bathing" [at Kitty Hawk]
"Welcome to Dare County"
"Take Virginia Dare Trail to Opportunity"
"Manteo Welcomes the Visitors to the Wright Memorial Dedication"
[Ad for Owens Shoe Company]
[Ad for Dr. H.A. Thorson, Chiropractor]
[Ad for O.B. West Co.]
[Ad for E.S. Chesson & Son]
[Ad for P.W. Melick Co.]
[Ad for Shell Products]
[Ad for L.D. Tarkington]
[Ad for the Steamer Trenton]
[Ad for Elizabeth City Marble & Granite Works]
[Ad for The Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company]
[Ad for Coca-Cola Bottling Works]
[Ad for The Texas Company]
"Wright Memorial Bridge"
"Where North Carolina History Begins"
"Captain Martin L. Johnson is Veteran Sailor of Dare Water Routes and Bypaths"
"Seven Ton Rock Set Up to Mark Birth of Flight"
"Preparation at Kill Devil Hill Causing Bustle"
"Unquenchable Forever"
"Citizens of Kitty Hawk Have Erected Their Own Personal Tribute to Brothers' Memory"
"Memorial Body Always Behind Tower Plans"
"Drinkwater Says Didn't Send First Telegram of the Flight Joe Dozier, Deceased, Did It"
"Sportsmen Find Long Sought Ideal Spot in Dare County Paradise"
"Surprised In a Way and In a Way I Wasn't," Says John T. Daniels Who Saw First Flight"
"Ehtridge Was Thrilled When Man First Flew"
"Sixty Foot Granite Memorial Now Towers High Above Sea Level On Scene of Man's Victory Over Air"
"Coast Guard Is an Integral Part of Dare County: Many Members of the Service are From Dare"
"Broadcast Through Columbia Network"
"Ruth Nichols"
"Proclamation of Mayor of Manteo Declares Holiday"
"Orville Wright is at Dedication of Granite Pylon Commemorating Flight Made December 17, 1903"
"Memorial Is Erected to Courage and Faith Says Congressman L.C. Warren"
"Nature Loses Another Battle as Memorial Is Dedicated in Downpour"
"Highlights"
"Feeling of Resentment Seen in Dare County as Result of Wright Memorial Dedication"
"Wright Memorial Bridge Forms Link Between Dare County and Mainland of Eastern Carolina"

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