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Box 15B

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

View of a sand dune at Kill Devil Hills, the beach, and the ocean with (upper left) the front elevator of the Wright 1901 glider in flight, 1901 Aug.

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 5, Item: 41
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 Aug.

1902 glider in flight viewed from behind and below., 1902 Oct.

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 6, Item: 41
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.