Box 17A
Container
Contains 4 Results:
The same four reporters seated with a picnic basket in the shade of a tree, 1908 May
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 16
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
Contact print showing Wilbur Wright in flight at dusk, passing over the launch derrick and spectators at Camp d’Auvours, Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, 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:
1908
Four men, including Wilbur Wright, pulling the Wright 1907 Flyer across the field at Camp d’Auvours while a large crowd of spectators look on from a distance, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, 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:
1908
An original watercolor Christmas card presumably sent to Wilbur Wright by the artist, Sophie Grisez, showing the Wright 1907 Flyer in flight and a pajama clad person running on the ground., Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, 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:
Undated
