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Box 15B

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Contains 4 Results:

Cropped view showing Wilbur Wright gliding in the 1901 glider at Kill Devil Hills., 1901

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This series includes many original photographic prints made by the Wrights from their own negatives shortly after the images were taken. The Wrights exposed at least 303 gelatin dry plate negatives in the course of documenting their process of invention. All of their glass plate negatives were given to the Library of Congress in 1949, but many of their original prints remained with the Estate of Orville Wright. Many of the Wright Brothers’ original negatives were damaged in Dayton’s great...
Dates: 1901

Augustus Herring gliding in Chanute's oscillating-wing glider at Little Hill, Kill Devil Hills, 1902

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This series includes many original photographic prints made by the Wrights from their own negatives shortly after the images were taken. The Wrights exposed at least 303 gelatin dry plate negatives in the course of documenting their process of invention. All of their glass plate negatives were given to the Library of Congress in 1949, but many of their original prints remained with the Estate of Orville Wright. Many of the Wright Brothers’ original negatives were damaged in Dayton’s great...
Dates: 1902

Members of the crew of the Kill Devil Hills Life Saving Station photographed at the station in 1902 by the Wright brothers., 1902

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This series includes many original photographic prints made by the Wrights from their own negatives shortly after the images were taken. The Wrights exposed at least 303 gelatin dry plate negatives in the course of documenting their process of invention. All of their glass plate negatives were given to the Library of Congress in 1949, but many of their original prints remained with the Estate of Orville Wright. Many of the Wright Brothers’ original negatives were damaged in Dayton’s great...
Dates: 1902

Reproduction of the Wright 1902 glider frame built at Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) near Dayton, Ohio, Front view., 1934 June

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 8, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the File:

This file contains two pages of typed notes used in the 1934 glider reproduction process headed, “Notes on conversation with Orville Wright on April 27, 1934.” The notes contain detailed dimensions for the Wright 1902 glider.

Dates: 1934 June