Box 16B
Container
Contains 95 Results:
The Wright 1905 Flyer in flight at Huffman Prairie in 1905., 1905
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, Item: 17
Scope and Contents
The exact date, flight number, and pilot are not identified.
Dates:
1905
The Wright 1905 Flyer in flight at Huffman Prairie in 1905., 1905
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, Item: 18
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
Copy of the map drawn by Orville Wright in 1935 showing the layout and dimensions of Huffman Prairie flying field., Undated
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, 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:
Undated
Additional copy of the map drawn by Orville Wright in 1935 showing the layout and dimensions of Huffman Prairie flying field., Undated
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, Item: 20
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:
Undated
Wilbur Wright piloting a Wright 1907 Flyer at Camp d'Auvours, east of Le Mans, France, some time between late August and December 1908
Item — Box: 16B, Folder: 7, Item: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
some time between late August and December 1908
