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Wright Brothers

Image: Universal History Archive
Image: Universal History Archive (Getty Images)

And, of course, the set of cards wouldn’t have been complete without the Wright Brothers’ own biplane. The Wright Brothers made their first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903. And while it’s long been regarded as the first in the world—and certainly was considered the first by the American public who were seeing these cards around 1910—there’s still plenty of controversy surrounding the claim.