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Box 16A

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Chanute’s glider, right profile view, 1902 Sept. 8

 Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 3
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 Sept. 8

The Flyer on the ground after the false start on December 14, 1903. Wilbur Wright is at the controls., 1903 Dec. 14

 Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 3
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. 14

The 1903 camp at Kill Devil Hills showing the 1903 Flyer and Wilbur Wright standing in front of the hangar, 1903 Dec.

 Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 3, Item: 3
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 Dec.