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Auction: 369 - Autographs & Documents e-Auction featuring the Mike Roth Aviation Collection Part II
Lot: 64

Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk. Collection of Correspondence and photos related to the 1928 pilgrimage marking the 25th Anniversary of the First Flight, planning and building the Memorial, and the 1932 unveiling. Letters (approx. 63) signed by F. Trubee Davison, Major Delos C. Emmons, aviation pioneer Edward P. Warner, Admiral Hamlett, Herta Junkers, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics William P. MacCracken Jr, NC Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, Maj. Gen. B.F. Cheatham, etc. From the NAA, War Dept., Secretary of the Navy, National Advisory Committee, Congress, House of Representatives, Dept. of Commerce - Lighthouse Service; Kill Devils Hills Memorial Association, monument works companies, etc.; about 24 B&W Photos of the monument in preparation, early Wright Bros. flights, a color map, news clips. Fine. [90+]

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$240