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Friday, February 03, 2006
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A Western Union telegram sent by aviation pioneer Orville Wright ....
 (AFP/Library of Congress-HO) - A Western Union telegram sent by aviation pioneer Orville Wright to his father after successful completion of the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. Western Union, which flashed good and bad news to Americans in distinctive yellow envelopes for a century and a half, quietly announced its decision to end the service on its website.(AFP/Library of Congress-HO)
By (AFP/Library of Congress-HO). [Lifestyle Photos - AFP on Yahoo! News Photos]
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