Box 17A
Container
Contains 5 Results:
The Wrights’ 1908 camp., 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 3
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
Lower left view of Wilbur Wright in flight in the Wright 1907 Flyer at Les Hunaudières race course near Le Mans, 1908 Aug. 8-16
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
Wilbur flew at Les Hunaudières between August 8 and August 16, 1908.
Dates:
1908 Aug. 8-16
A view through the canard elevators of the Wright 1907 Flyer showing the motor, transmission chains, seats, and controls of the flying machine at Camp d’Auvours, Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 3
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 from a photograph showing Hart O. Berg and Wilbur Wright at Camp d’Auvours, Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 3
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
A U.S. Army marching band parading to the ceremonial dedication, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 3
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
