48 Different “First” Photos Throughout the History of Photography

It’s pretty incredible that we have an image of the first powered flight in history. Most of us know that the Wright brothers invented mand-made flight, but it’s a lesser-known fact that we have a photograph of the moment. This image of Kitty Hawk was taken on December 17, 1903, at 10:35 am.

Orville and Wilbur Wright photographed every one of their flight experiments. Their attention to detail is why we have this special image. It was taken as an observation image to study later. Although the plane isn’t very far off the ground, it still marks a milestone moment of humans propelling themselves above the Earth’s surface. Pretty amazing!