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the New York Times photographer who chronicled 10 presidents in a career that spanned almost a half century

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Orville Wright Frame Color:Silver they "opened the mailbox doorIn 1903, the Wright brothers took flight in a machine of their own creation. The Times first wrote about Wilbur and Orville Wright's "box kite machine" about a week later. "They claim they have solved the problem of aerial navigation, and have never made a failure of any attempt to fly," The Times reported on Dec. 26. It was a number of years later, in October 1911, that Orville was photographed setting a world gliding record of 9 minutes and 45