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Box 16B

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

The launch rail, Wilbur Wright, and the 1904 Flyer immediately after Orville Wright’s minor accident which damaged the front rudder support., 1904 Aug. 16

 Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 5, Item: 21
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 Aug. 16

Front view from below showing the 1905 Flyer in flight during flight 41, 1905 Sept. 29

 Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 6, Item: 21
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 Sept. 29