Auction Date:2012 May 23 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Rare vintage glossy 6 x 4.5 photo of Orville watching as Katharine feeds hay to a cow, affixed to a slightly larger cardstock mount, signed and inscribed in ink, “To our friend, M. Paul Tissandier, Katharine Wright, March 9, 1909.” In fine condition, with mild silvering to the darker areas of the image. Accompanied by two vintage pearl-finish photos, one of Katharine flanked by her sons during a day time stroll, and the other of Wilbur assisting Katharine in his plane.
These photos of Katharine and her brothers were likely taken in Pau, France, where the Wrights flew between February and March 1909. Wilbur had asked Katharine to come to France with Orville, and they joined him in Pau; there, they became acquainted with M. Paul Tissandier, a French student pilot. Katharine was much more convivial and extroverted than her famously shy brothers, and quickly established herself in society. She became a magnet of the French press who saw in her the human dimension of the Wright story and circulated specious stories about her involvement in the invention of the Wright Flyer. Katharine, along with Wilbur and Orville, was awarded the Legion d’honneur, making her one of few women to have received the award. The Wrights returned to Dayton, Ohio, as celebrities. Katharine took on business responsibilities and later became an officer at the Wright Company after Wilbur’s death in 1912. A fine collection of photographs, and a seldom-seen signed photo of the Wrights’ sister.
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