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Orville Wright and an unknown man looking at a half-scale model of the 1903 motor in Orville Wright’s laboratory, 1933

 Item — Box: 32B, Folder: 5, Item: 6

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Many of these negatives are for prints listed in Part IV of this guide. However, there are many which do not exist as prints. Subjects of the images and their informal character suggest they were taken with a personal camera by either Orville or Katharine Wright, or their close friends and family.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

The records are in English, French, German and Italian

Restrictions on Access

Due to preservation concerns, original audio and video recordings in the collection cannot be played in the reading room. Patrons may have access to reference copies. Items without reference copies can be digitized at the request of a patron for the cost of creating a digital copy. Please provide us at least two weeks advance notice if you would like to request an audio or video reference copy. Call (937) 775-2092 or e-mail us at library-archives-ref@wright.edu. Use of digitized content is subject to conditions governing use.

To reduce stress on the original photographs, photo albums, newspapers, Wright Family School Items, and Milton Wright Diaries, patrons are asked to first use digital copies, in place of the originals. The digitized items are available online in CORE SCHOLAR at https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_ms1/.

Extent

1 Photographic Negatives

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092