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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Happy Birthday, Orville (and Katharine)!
Did you know that Orville Wright and his younger sister Katharine share the same birthday? They were both born in Dayton, Ohio, on August 19th: Orville in 1871 and Katharine in 1874. Orville and Katharine would have shared many birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, Local History, SC&A, Wright Brothers
Tagged aviation, aviation history, Katharine Wright, MS-1, Orville Wright, Wright Brothers, Wright family
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New WWI Photos Online from Fred Marshall Papers
New World War I photographs are being added to our digital collections on CORE Scholar. The first batch of WWI photographs from the Fred Marshall Papers (MS-53) are now online. Among the subjects of this first batch of 27 items are … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections
Tagged digital collections, MS-53, news, photographs, World War I, WWI, WWI100
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Are You Running the Race to Dayton’s Amazing Aviation Places?
During my shift in the reading room yesterday, I stood up to greet a mother, an exchange student, and two young children who had come to get their Wilbear passport stamps. They were on the Wilbear Wright Race to Dayton’s … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Outreach, SC&A
Tagged reading room, Wilbear, Wright Brothers
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