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Box 17A

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Distant view of Kitty Hawk from Albemarle Sound., 1908 Apr.

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 8
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 flying with a passenger, probably at Camp d’Auvours near Le Mans, 1908

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 8
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

Close rear view of the Wright 1907 Flyer mounted on its launch rail., 1908

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 3, Item: 8
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

Wilbur Wright talking with George P. Dickin, reporter for the New York Herald and the first journalist to fly in an airplane., 1908 Oct. 3

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 8
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 Oct. 3

A U.S. Army marching band parading to the cornerstone dedication ceremony for the Wilbur Wright monument at Le Mans, 1918 Dec. 22

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 8
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