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Box 17A

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Contains 128 Results:

Distant view of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer in a flight before Big Hill at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 11
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

Another distant view of the modified 1905 Flyer in flight at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 12
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

The Wrights’ 1908 camp viewed from the top of Big Hill at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 13
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

The Wrights’ 1908 camp viewed from the top of Big Hill at Kill Devil Hills, 1908 May

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 1, Item: 14
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

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

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

View from the lower right of Wilbur Wright piloting a Wright 1907 Flyer at Le Mans, France, between August 8 and December 31, 1908

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

Wilbur flew this aircraft at Le Mans between August 8 and December 31, 1908. Two fields were used for these demonstration flights, Les Hunaudières race course and the artillery field at Camp d'Auvours. The precise location and date of this flight is not known.

Dates: between August 8 and December 31, 1908

Wilbur Wright in flight at Le Mans, viewed from the lower left., 1908

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 2
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

Lower left front view of Wilbur Wright in flight at Le Mans, 1908

 Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 2, Item: 4
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