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Every photograph on this site is a real, credited picture. None were generated, and none were upscaled. The eight pictures below are all in the public domain and may be used in the paid printables.

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  John T. Daniels · Public Domain

  The first powered flight, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, at 10:35 a.m. on 17 December 1903. Orville Wright is at the controls, lying on the lower wing; Wilbur Wright runs alongside. John T. Daniels, of the Kill Devil Hill Lifesaving Station, made the exposure on a camera Orville had set on a tripod. The flight covered 120 feet in 12 seconds.

  John T. Daniels, 17 December 1903. Public domain. Also held by the Library of Congress as LC-W861-35 / ppprs.00626. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Wilbur Wright and/or Orville Wright · Public Domain

  The 1903 Wright Flyer on its launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, on 14 December 1903, before the Wrights’ first, unsuccessful, attempt. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station had helped move the machine from the shed, accompanied by two small boys and a dog. This is not the 17 December flight.

  Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright, 14 December 1903. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Wilbur Wright and/or Orville Wright · Public Domain

  A distant view of the 1903 Wright Flyer just after landing, seen from the starting point, on 17 December 1903. The launching rail is at the right. This was the fourth and last flight of the day: 852 feet in 59 seconds, with Wilbur at the controls. The machine is a small silhouette on the sand, not a close portrait of the landing.

  Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright, 17 December 1903. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Wilbur Wright and/or Orville Wright · Public Domain

  A close view of the 1903 Wright Flyer on the sand after the fourth flight on 17 December 1903. The front elevator frame is broken from the hard landing. This photograph was made before a later gust of wind overturned the machine and damaged it beyond easy repair.

  Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright, 17 December 1903. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Wilbur Wright and/or Orville Wright · Public Domain

  The 1903 Wright Flyer, the large camp building where it was housed, and the smaller building used as a workshop and living quarters, at Kill Devil Hills, photographed on 24 November 1903. This is the camp, not a flight.

  Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright, 24 November 1903. Public domain. Library of Congress ppprs.00607. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Unknown photographer (NASA historic photograph GPN-2002-000125) · Public Domain (NASA)

  The Wright brothers’ 1902 glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills on 10 October 1902. Wilbur Wright is at the controls, Orville Wright is at left, and Dan Tate, a local resident and friend of the brothers, is at right. This is a glider, not the 1903 powered Flyer.

  Unknown photographer, 10 October 1902. NASA Great Images in NASA GPN-2002-000125. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Wilbur Wright and/or Orville Wright, most likely Orville Wright · Public Domain

  A rear view of Wilbur Wright making a right turn in the 1902 glider, on 24 October 1902, with the right wing tipped close to the ground. This is the 1902 glider, not the 1903 powered Flyer.

  Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright, most likely Orville, 24 October 1902. Public domain. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

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  Attributed to Orville Wright · Public Domain

  A view from behind of the 1903 Wright Flyer’s pilot station and four-cylinder engine, photographed in the shop on 6 January 1928, before the machine was shipped to the Science Museum in London on 31 January 1928. This is a later workshop photograph of the original aeroplane, not a picture from the 1903 flights.

  Attributed to Orville Wright, 6 January 1928. Public domain. This is not a 1903 flight photograph. Source file. May be used in paid printables (public domain, CC0 or CC BY).

The wing-warping diagram on the desk is an original ReallyByte drawing, not a historical plate.