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Lot 244

1910 Wilbur Wright Original Photo with Ralph Johnstone Before Record -Setting Altitude Flight – PSA/DNA Type 1 LOA

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A primary source artifact from one of the most consequential chapters in human history, this 1910 original photograph depicts Wilbur Wright alongside aviator Ralph Johnstone just before Johnstone's record-breaking altitude flight — a moment that stood at the very frontier of powered aviation, just seven years after Kitty Hawk, when every flight still represented the boundary of the possible.

 

Authenticated by PSA/DNA as a Type 1 original with LOA, this photograph carries the highest certification standard available for vintage photographic material. Ralph Johnstone's 1910 altitude record was a landmark event in early aviation history; the presence of Wilbur Wright himself in the photograph connects it directly to the Wright Brothers' ongoing role in advancing and overseeing the development of flight during this extraordinary period.

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