Box 17A
Container
Contains 5 Results:
Another distant view of the modified 1905 Flyer in flight at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 12
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 May
Photographic postcard showing Wilbur Wright flying at sunset during his endurance record flight at Camp d’Auvours., 1908 Sept. 21
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 12
Scope and Contents
The flight lasted 91 minutes and won him the Aero-Club of France prize.
Dates:
1908 Sept. 21
Press photograph showing reporters watching Wilbur Wright and two assistants starting the Wright 1907 Flyer motor, at Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 12
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 Wright smiling before a photographer at Les Hunaudières near Le Mans, 1908 Aug.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 12
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.
Spectators at the cornerstone ceremony for the Wilbur Wright monument near the Cathedral of St. Julien at Le Mans, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 12
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
