Winter Discovery Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/13/2013
Vintage oversized matte-finish 10.75 x 14 bust portrait, by Cornwell of Dayton, Ohio, signed and inscribed in fountain pen "For Roy G. Fitzgerald, with best wishes, Orville Wright" In very good condition, with missing lower left corner tip, scattered silvering around edges and signature, light soiling to borders, and a few spots to facial area of image. Roy Fitzgerald (1875-1962) was a congressional representative from Ohio who was acquainted with the Wright brothers as well as a licensed pilot In Dayton, he secured the location of Wright Field, which is now part of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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