Box 17A
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Four reporters including Byron R. Newton of the New York Herald, William Hoster of the New York American, P.H. McGowan of the London Daily Mail, and the writer Arthur Ruhl, 1908 May
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 15
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 in a high flight over balloon markers at Camp d’Auvours, Le Mans., 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 15
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 Wright 1907 Flyer near its hangar at Camp d’Auvours, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 15
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
Postcard of Léon Bollée, Hart O. Berg, a passenger, and Wilbur Wright preparing for a flight at Camp d'Auvours near Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 15
Scope and Contents
Number 6 in J. Bouveret's series "L'Aviation en 1908." Includes a note stating that the postcard was found in a desk in a house in St. Germain by an American colonel in 1945 and sent to Orville Wright in 1946.
Dates:
1908
