Box 15B
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Cropped blurred image showing two men in shirt sleeves flying the Wright 1901 glider as a kite while a third man sits on the dune in the distance., 1901
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 5, Item: 13
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
Wilbur Wright gliding in the 1902 glider fitted with a twin fixed rear rudder, sometime between September 19 and October 3, 1902. Right front view., Between 1902 Sept. 19 and 1902 Oct. 3
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 6, Item: 13
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:
Between 1902 Sept. 19 and 1902 Oct. 3
Later reprint of the Wright 1902 glider in flight, 1902
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 7, Item: 13
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
Gliding in the 1902 glider. Copy print., Undated
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 8, Item: 13
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:
Undated
