Box 17A
Container
Contains 5 Results:
The Wrights’ 1908 camp viewed from the top of Big Hill at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 13
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
Right front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 13
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
Hart O. Berg and other spectators and assistants watch Wilbur work on the motor of his Wright 1907 Flyer, Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 13
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
Lithographic postcard showing Wilbur Wright (inset) and his Wright 1907 Flyer in flight, probably at Les Hunaudières, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 13
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
The dedication ceremony for the Wilbur Wright memorial at Le Mans, 1920 July 17
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 13
Scope and Contents
The Cathedral of St. Julien is in the background.
Dates:
1920 July 17