Box 16A
Container
Contains 120 Results:
Left profile view of the 1902 glider in flight., 1902
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 61
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
Distant front view showing the 1902 glider in flight with four people on the sand hill behind it., 1902
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 62
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
Left rear view showing the 1902 glider in flight about two feet off the ground., 1902
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 63
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
Reversed image showing the Atlantic coast viewed from a sand hill with a portion of the front rudder of the Wright 1902 glider entering the frame from the left., 1902
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 1, Item: 64
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
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
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
Left rear view of the 1902 glider fitted with a twin moveable vertical rudder, gliding toward the ocean, 1903 Oct.
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 2
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 Oct.
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 Flyer on the ground after the false start., 1903 Dec. 14
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 4
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 Flyer on the ground after the false start., 1903 Dec. 14
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 5
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 first controlled, powered, manned flight of the Wright 1903 Flyer, 1903 Dec. 17
Item — Box: 16A, Folder: 2, Item: 6
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
