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Box 15B

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Glossy print showing Wilbur Wright gliding in the 1901 glider at Kill Devil Hills., 1901

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 5, Item: 7
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 piloting the 1902 glider down slope at the Big Hill, Kill Devil Hills, 1902 Oct.

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 6, Item: 7
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.

Postcard copyrighted by the Luton News, Luton, England, showing a reproduction of the Wright 1902 glider built by Zander and Weyl of Dunstable, England, “for the movies.”, 1939

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 7, Item: 7
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: 1939

Orville Wright in a low glide in the 1902 glider., Undated

 Item — Box: 15B, Folder: 8, Item: 7
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