Box 16B
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Front view of the 1903 motor installed on the first Wright Flyer, in preparation for shipment to the Science Museum, London., 1928 Jan. 6
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 4, Item: 1
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:
1928 Jan. 6
Orville and Wilbur Wright standing by the Wright 1904 Flyer at Huffman Prairie outside Dayton, 1904 May
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 5, Item: 1
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:
1904 May
The start of the first flight of 1905 with Orville Wright flying the 1905 Flyer., 1905
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
Two figures, possibly Wilbur and Charles Taylor, stand in the center of the photo. Also visible are the Wrights’ hangar and launch derrick.
Dates:
1905
Flight 46, A left front view of the Flyer in flight, seen from below., 1905 Oct. 4
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, Item: 1
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:
1905 Oct. 4
