ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT 1910 CELEBRATION POSTCARD, DAYTON, OHIO, COLORIZED 🛩️

Description: ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT 1910 CELEBRATION POSTCARD, DAYTON, OHIO, COLORIZED. TYPE OF SCRIPOPHILY, EXONUMIA, NOTAPHILY꞉ Celebration postcard recognizing the Wright Brother's accomplishments. Orville & Wilbur Wright were welcomed back to Dayton, Ohio on June 17 & 18, 1909 having returned from their European tour. ORIGINAL DOCUMENT: Please note, this is an ORIGINAL postcard, not a cheap reproduction. We were disappointed to see that some eBay Seller's trick Buyers into purchasing cheap “copies / reproductions” and only mention it's not original some where down in the in the “fine print.” What you will receive from us is an actual postcard, dated and postmarked, mailed from Dayton, Ohio at a time when Wilbur and Orville lived and worked in Dayton, Ohio. POSTCARD PUBLISHED BY꞉ J. B. Meiler & Sons. PUBLISHER'S CITY, COUNTY & STATE꞉ Dayton (Montgomery) Ohio. POSTCARD WRITTEN & YEARS OLD꞉ September, 1910 (114-years old). POSTMARKED꞉ Dayton, Ohio, September 23, 1910 11:00PM. REDACTION꞉ Due to its age, we have not digitaly redacted any of the text on the postcard. RECIPIENT'S CITY, COUNTY & STATE꞉ Findlay (Handcock) Ohio. SENDER MENTIONED꞉ The message on the postcard was written with a dip pen. Some of their message isn't discernible. What we were able to decipher was: "Do you see us in the air ships. It surely was a grand sight but xxxx'x xxxxxxxxx out and made a scene. The xxxx xxxxxxx and the air ship was a grand sight. xxxx xxxx. x." GENERAL COLOR(S)꞉ Off-white substrate with color halftone printing. NOTE: The majority of postcards manufactured in the United States during this time were black and white. MEASUREMENTS꞉ 3½” x 5½”. EMBOSSING꞉ None. TAXATION/REVENUE/OTHER STAMPS꞉ Dark-green one-cent Washington postage stamp. WATERMARKS ON PAPER꞉ N/A. FOLDS꞉ N/A. CORNERS꞉ Slight rounding. HOLES, TEARS, DAMAGE꞉ Some light creasing, minor folds, some soiling from handling. Tiny flakes of the card-stock's coating are missing here-and-there. Overall, it's in pretty good condition - especially given it's over a century old. This postcard would look great framed and hanging on the wall. If you have it framed in a double-sided glass frame, you can pull the frame off the wall see the opposite side of the card. ADDITIONAL NOTES꞉ This is an interesting “colorized” postcard from a company located in the same city as the Wright Brothers. The postcard was printed using “half tones.” It appears as if the colorful image was printed on a very thin substrate affixed to the more rigid cardstock. ABOUT J. B. MEILER & SONS: J. B. Meiler and Sons was a postcard printer and/or distributor located in Dayton, Ohio. During our research, we discovered the company also started selling "pennants" (for colleges, schools and racing), pillows and novelties. A classified ad in the December 1914 edition of "System, The Magazine of Business” advertised for salesmen to sell Meiler & Sons products as a sideline / source of supplemental income. On Page 106 of the July 11, 1912 edition of "Motorcycle Illustrated" they advertised that they made motorcycle pennants for "all machines." Banners and pennants were also used as advertising on vehicles in the early 1900s. ABOUT THE WRIGHT BROTHERS꞉ Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903 just south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (i.e. Kill Devil Hills). The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible. SHIPPING COST꞉ Your shipping cost is calculated when checking out. To keep your shipping cost as low as possible, it's based on “DIM” (i.e. weight, package size and final destination). This item ships by United States Mail or eBay International Delivery. Orders typically ship within one business day of your payment being received. This item will be mailed in a stiff envelope, box or cardboard “sandwich” to minimize any folding in transit.

Price: 35.99 USD

Location: Dayton, Ohio

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