1903
First powered flight
1903 is the year following 1902 and preceding 1904, in the early twentieth century.
Like other year numbers, it functions as a noun or adjective: the 1903 World Series, back in 1903.
Years are referenced in dates, historical contexts, and vintage descriptions: a 1903 photograph, built in 1903.
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- Theodore RooseveltTwenty-sixth American president
- Wright brothersFirst airplane builders
- King Edward VIIEdwardian-era British monarch
- Panama CanalInteroceanic shipping route
Ford Motor Company · Nobel Prize · suffragette · Henry Ford · Model A · ragtime · vaudeville · colonialism
First airplane builders
- Kitty HawkHistoric Carolina flight site
- first flightInitial aircraft journey
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
Orville · Wilbur · glider · aeronautics · wingspan · powered flight · aviation pioneer · airborne
Major American vehicle manufacturer
- Henry FordAmerican automaker, early 1900s
- Model A1927 Ford automobile
- horseless carriageArchaic term for automobile
- OldsmobileFormer GM automobile division
Cadillac · Buick · combustion engine · motorcar · chassis · crankshaft · assembly · Detroit
Prolific American inventor
- nickelodeonCoin-fed entertainment machine
- silent filmSoundless motion picture
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
motion picture · celluloid · projector · early cinema · black and white · intertitles · melodrama · movie theater
Old valued collectible
- centennialHundred-year anniversary
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- artifactHuman-made historical object
relic · Edwardian · period piece · estate sale · provenance · patina · restoration · museum
Edwardian
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- Theodore RooseveltTwenty-sixth American president
- Wright brothersFirst airplane builders
- King Edward VIIEdwardian-era British monarch
Panama Canal · Ford Motor Company · Nobel Prize · suffragette · Henry Ford · Model A · ragtime · vaudeville · colonialism · imperialism
Wright brothers
First airplane builders
- Kitty HawkHistoric Carolina flight site
- first flightInitial aircraft journey
- biplaneAircraft with two wing levels
propeller · Orville · Wilbur · glider · aeronautics · wingspan · powered flight · aviation pioneer · airborne · liftoff
Ford Motor Company
Major American vehicle manufacturer
- Henry FordAmerican automaker, early 1900s
- Model A1927 Ford automobile
- horseless carriageArchaic term for automobile
Oldsmobile · Cadillac · Buick · combustion engine · motorcar · chassis · crankshaft · assembly · Detroit · automobile industry
Edison
Prolific American inventor
- nickelodeonCoin-fed entertainment machine
- silent filmSoundless motion picture
- WesternOf Euro-American civilization
cinematography · motion picture · celluloid · projector · early cinema · black and white · intertitles · melodrama · movie theater · kinetoscope
antique
Old valued collectible
- centennialHundred-year anniversary
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- collectibleObject worth amassing
artifact · relic · Edwardian · period piece · estate sale · provenance · patina · restoration · museum · archive
19032023
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