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Two original vintage notated photos. First glossy photo measures 5 x 3.75, is affixed to an 8.5 x 6.5 off-white mount, and shows a double wing kite hi

Collection of 15 original vintage unsigned glossy photos, both 7 x 5 and 5 x 7, taken for Collier’s magazine by J. H. Hare. Photos include: Orville in

Bank check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Ironic Jewell & Vision Co., for $16.00, dated July 21, ...

Vintage Wright Brothers pinback button, .75-inch diameter, bearing images of both Orville and Wilbur Wright and the text, “Wright Brothers Home Celebr

Two original unsigned Christmas cards from Orville Wright. The first card measures 5 x 4 closed, with an embossed Christmas candle on front with text

Original .25 x .25 triangular portion of the original wing covering fabric used by Orville Wright during the world’s first flight at Kitty Hawk. Cloth

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10, personal letterhead, December 21, 1935. Brief letter to Reverend H. Randel Lookabill. In full: “I thank you for your letter

Fabulous vintage matte-finish 9 x 6 oversized photo of the Wright Brothers first flight, signed and inscribed in black ink to his cousin, “To Elizabet

Vintage matte-finish 10.75 x 8.5 photo of Orville Wright posing between Glenn Martin and William H. Coverdale, signed in the lower border in fountain

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, March 11, 1926. Letter to C. F. Schory of the National Aeronautics Association providing very specifi

ALS, three pages on two separate sheets, first sheet measuring 5 x 6.25, with second page trimmed to a size of 5 x 2.5, very rare personal letterhead,

An amazing typed manuscript of an essay entitled “What Clement Ader Did,” which was published in the May 1912 edition of The Aero Club of America Bull

Very rare original vintage 4.75 x 3.75 photo, taken by either Orville or Lorin Wright, of a glider in the air at Kill Devil Hills in October of 1902.

Magnificent vintage color 35 x 17.75 lithograph drawn by Ernest Montaut and finished by artists in his studio and publishing house (pochoir process),

Extremely rare and eye catching Aero Club of America commendation, 27 x 20, dated January 18, 1919. Commendation reads, “This is to certify that the W

Menu for the testimonial dinner honoring Claude Grahame-White after the 1910 Harvard Aero Meet, 5.5 x 8, September 16, 1910, signed on the reverse in

Rare, complete set of 100 Smithsonian ‘Milestones of Flight’ commemorative covers, in two original 8 x 11.25 Smithsonian binders. Scarce and flown cov

Early 1920s manuscript, written in an unknown hand, on 14 sides of 10 adjoined lined pages, describing the inner workings of an airplane. Manuscript i

Very uncommon complete ‘Barnstormer's’ flight gear, circa late 1920s to early 1930s. Included is a front quarter horsehide leather jacket with s...

TLS signed “Glenn L. Martin,” two pages, 8.25 x 11, Glenn L. Martin Motors Company letterhead, November 3, 1932. Letter to E. T. Asplundh of Pitcairn