Box 16A
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Charles H. Lamson’s photograph of Octave Chanute’s oscillating wing triplane glider built by Lamson in Pasadena, 1902 Sept. 8
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 1
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Lamson built this glider apparently to Chanute’s specifications. It was shipped to the Wright’s camp at Kill Devil Hills where Chanute and Augustus M. Herring tested it between October 5 and October 14, 1902. Front view with man, possibly Lamson, supporting uncovered airframe. C.H. Lamson would later be involved in a lawsuit against Orville Wright.
Dates:
1902 Sept. 8
Photostat copy of Orville Wright’s diary entry for December 17, 1903, noting the first controlled powered flight., 1903 Dec. 17
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 1
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From the File:
The Wright Brothers were at Kill Devil Hills from September 25 to December 21, 1903. They were visited by George A. Spratt and Octave Chanute.
Dates:
1903 Dec. 17
The 1903 Flyer following the fourth and final flight. The front elevator support was broken due to a hard landing., 1903 Dec. 17
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 3, Item: 1
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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:
1903 Dec. 17
