Box 15B
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Wilbur Wright gliding down slope at Kill Devil Hills in the 1901 glider., 1901
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 5, Item: 18
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
The 1902 glider in flight., 1902 Oct.
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 6, Item: 18
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 Oct.
Big Hill at Kill Devil Hills, showing one of the gliding slopes, 1902
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 7, Item: 18
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
Copy print of two images showing the 1902 glider being tested as a kite and also in full flight at Kill Devil Hills., Undated
Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 8, Item: 18
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
