Box 17A
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Sand dunes and woods near Kitty Hawk, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 10
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:
1908
Left rear view of Wilbur Wright in flight with a passenger, possibly at Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 10
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:
1908
Wilbur supervising the hauling up of the launch weight in preparation for a flight, probably at Les Hunaudières, 1908 Aug.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 10
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:
1908 Aug.
Wilbur Wright in the basket of Léon Bollée's hydrogen balloon Au Petit Bonheur at Le Mans, 1908 July 26
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 10
Scope and Contents
Wilbur made this ascension with Rene Pellier and Leon Carre. Cabinet card photograph by Emile Viot, Le Mans.
Dates:
1908 July 26
La Place de la République, Le Mans, showing soldiers and officers on parade in preparation for the Lafayette-Washington ceremony, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 10
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:
1918 Dec. 22
