WRIGHT, Wilbur (1867-1912). Signed photograph (“Wilbur Wright”) 174 x 125 mm. Mounted to a board, inscribed to Earl Findley. Very fine.
WRIGHT, Wilbur (1867-1912). Signed photograph (“Wilbur Wright”) 174 x 125 mm. Mounted to a board, inscribed to Earl Findley. Very fine. A rare bust portrait of the pioneering aviator, boldly signed and inscribed to reporter and Wright confidant, Earl Findley. Findley made a distinct impression on Wilbur Wright during his flight over New York Harbor during 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Findley was present at Governor’s Island, where Wilbur Wright prepared and launched his biplane for the highly-anticipated flight. Eager to obtain an interview, Findley crossed the cordon to approach Wright, but military police promptly arrested him and escorted the reporter off the island with orders never to allow him to return. According to Findlay, the well-connected executives at the Tribune managed to cancel the order and restore his press credentials, and he returned to Governor’s Island the following day. Wilbur Wright had witnessed the incident, and believing the treatment unfair, he invited Findley to dine with him alone--a journalistic coup for the young reporter. “Up to that time I had never had an interview with him alone,” he recalled, rather always “in the company of a dozen or more reporters, whose most searching question...to know whether Mr. Wright felt that airplanes ever could fly safely over the skyscrapers of New York. From that time on until his death, I never failed to reach Wilbur by phone, or in person, on his trips to New York. He told me he had left word at the hotel desk that any message from me was to be given to him. He said ‘If I can’t see you for any reason, I will always talk to you on the phone when you call me.
WRIGHT, Wilbur (1867-1912). Signed photograph (“Wilbur Wright”) 174 x 125 mm. Mounted to a board, inscribed to Earl Findley. Very fine.
WRIGHT, Wilbur (1867-1912). Signed photograph (“Wilbur Wright”) 174 x 125 mm. Mounted to a board, inscribed to Earl Findley. Very fine. A rare bust portrait of the pioneering aviator, boldly signed and inscribed to reporter and Wright confidant, Earl Findley. Findley made a distinct impression on Wilbur Wright during his flight over New York Harbor during 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration. Findley was present at Governor’s Island, where Wilbur Wright prepared and launched his biplane for the highly-anticipated flight. Eager to obtain an interview, Findley crossed the cordon to approach Wright, but military police promptly arrested him and escorted the reporter off the island with orders never to allow him to return. According to Findlay, the well-connected executives at the Tribune managed to cancel the order and restore his press credentials, and he returned to Governor’s Island the following day. Wilbur Wright had witnessed the incident, and believing the treatment unfair, he invited Findley to dine with him alone--a journalistic coup for the young reporter. “Up to that time I had never had an interview with him alone,” he recalled, rather always “in the company of a dozen or more reporters, whose most searching question...to know whether Mr. Wright felt that airplanes ever could fly safely over the skyscrapers of New York. From that time on until his death, I never failed to reach Wilbur by phone, or in person, on his trips to New York. He told me he had left word at the hotel desk that any message from me was to be given to him. He said ‘If I can’t see you for any reason, I will always talk to you on the phone when you call me.
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