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1920 ORVILLE WRIGHT Signed Check, Wright Brothers Photo

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD
1920 ORVILLE WRIGHT Signed Check, Wright Brothers Photo
Autographs
“Orville Wright” Signed Check with Wright Brothers Photo
ORVILLE WRIGHT (1871-1948). Credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
February 7, 1947-Dated, Partially-Printed Document Signed, “Orville Wright,” 8.5” x 3”, Choice Extremely Fine. Check Drawn on The Winters National Bank & Trust Co., Dayton, Ohio, this Check is fully Signed, “Orville Wright” and made payable to Fred A. Loew in the amount of $15. Wright’s large 2.5” long signature is crisp, vivid and dark with no flaws or detractions. Check is punch cancelled “PAID +2 25 47” just left of center. Check is accompanied by a 6” x 4.25” black and white photo postcard of the Wright Brothers from the Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills, NC. Printed caption on verso reads “The Wright Brothers made nearly 1,000 glider flights in 1902, gaining valuable knowledge and experience which would lead the way to their successful powered flights. In this October 10, 1902 reproduced black and white photo, Wilbur Wright, at left, and Dan Tate start Orville Wright on a glider flight.” (2 items).