Wilbur And Orville Wright (1909)
The Wright Brothers consisted of Orville (1871 – 1948) and Wilbur (1867 – 1912), who would successfully launch and maintain the initial plane’s flight. At Kitty Hawk, NC, on December 17, 1903, the brothers pulled off what many had struggled to do so for years, successfully landing a fueled aircraft. During the height of World War II, Orville was questioned on his opinion of the current developments in aircraft technology in 1943 by the St. Louis Post Dispatch: “We had invented something that would bring peace to the world. But we were so wrong about this. We underestimated the capacity of man to corrupt and to hate good always means for an evil end… I don’t have any regrets about this part in the invention of the plane , though no one in this earth could deplore more than I the destruction it has caused.”
Wilbur And Orville Wright
M. Lefebre, The Last Surviving Veterans Of Napoleon’s Army (1858)
We know little of Monsieur Lefebre (1858) other than his place in Napoleon’s 2nd Regiment of Engineers, where he was a sergeant in 1815. His image and its story provide what little we know of him. With most of Napoleon’s veterans in their old age, they would become some of the first former servicemen to have their photographs taken. Such incredible pictures made up 15 sepia snaps, being the sole first-hand photographic sources that we have of the Grande Armée Guard. They have their initial military wardrobe together here, despite having suffered some editions from 1850s tailors. Such pictures were supposedly captured on May 5, 1858, marking the day that Napoleon died.
M Lefebre The Last Surviving Veterans Of Napoleons Army
