Box 17A
Container
Contains 5 Results:
A distant view of Kitty Hawk taken from a boat on Albemarle Sound, 1908 Apr.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 7
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 Apr.
Front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Les Hunaudières, Le Mans, 1908 Aug.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 7
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.
Close rear view of the Wright 1907 Flyer mounted on its launch rail before a flight at Le Mans, 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
An unidentified man is standing, facing the camera at right. Wetstamped by Branger, Paris.
Dates:
1908
Officials of the French government inspecting the Wright 1907 Flyer on December 31, 1908, the day that Wilbur Wright won the Michelin prize for endurance., 1908 Dec. 31
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 7
Scope and Contents
His flight lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes and 23 seconds. A note on the verso, "Bartou (sic) in center who became prime minister, France", is probably a reference to Louis Barthou, prime minister of France in 1909. Photographic postcard.
Dates:
1908 Dec. 31
French general officers and politicians at the cornerstone dedication ceremony for the Wilbur Wright monument in Le Mans, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 7
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
