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The Collection: Photographers: Unknown photographer

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Frank and Kingsland Coffyn seated on a Wright Model B.Frank and Kingsland Coffyn playing on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Photograph of Howard Waite in an early Wright Model B."Congratulations on your success with the hydro. Howard Waite"
Walter Brookins (3rd from left), Roy Knabenshue (4th from left), and Glenn Curtiss (wearing inner tube life preserver) with unidentified men at Atlantic City, New Jersey.Walter Brookins descending without power after altitude record flight; Glenn Curtiss in flight behind him.Frank and Kingsland Coffyn playing in the sand, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Kingsland Coffyn on the beach, Atlantic City, New Jersey.Wright Model B in a hangar.Frank Coffyn (right) and unidentified man in front of a Wright Model B.
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For most of the images in the collection, the photographer is unknown. The Wright team attracted a great number of photographers eager to fill newspapers and magazines with pictures of the brand new aeroplane. Although the pilots obliged their many requests, on one occasion a group of photographers ran out in front of Walter Brookins' plane as he was beginning to land. Brookins had no choice but to immediately nose his airplane into the ground to avoid hitting them.


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