Box 16A
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Right rear view of the 1902 glider in flight., 1902
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 19
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
First controlled, powered flight., 1903 Dec. 17
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 19
Scope and Contents
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
Orville Wright assembling the Wright 1903 Flyer in the hangar at Kill Devil Hills. Another person, possibly Wilbur Wright, is visible in the shadows inside the hangar., 1903 Nov.
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 3, Item: 19
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:
1903 Nov.
