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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 22 Results:

Wilbur Wright standing with (from right) U.S. Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia, and U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman, among others, on the parade ground at Fort Myer, 1909 June or July

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 1
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: 1909 June or July

A small photograph showing (from right) Orville and Wilbur Wright walking with an unidentified man at Fort Myer, 1909 June or July

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 2
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: 1909 June or July

A small photograph showing (from right) Bishop Milton Wright, Reuchlin Wright, Lt. Frank P. Lahm, Orville Wright, and Lt. Frederick E. Humphreys standing near the end of the launch rail at Fort Myer, 1909 late June or 1909 early July

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, 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: 1909 late June or 1909 early July

Orville Wright and Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois preparing for the final, cross country speed trial flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria and back, 1909 July 30

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 4
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: 1909 July 30

Soldiers hauling on the catapult rope at Fort Myer, in front of the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer, 1909 June or July

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 5
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: 1909 June or July

Wilbur Wright running by the right wing of the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer to start it., 1909

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 6
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: 1909

Orville Wright landing in a cloud of dust, while soldiers prepare the wing trucks to wheel the flyer across the field for another trial flight, 1909 July 1

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, 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: 1909 July 1

Wilbur Wright and Charlie Taylor watch the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer in flight., 1909

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, 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: 1909

The Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer in the air at Fort Myer, 1909 July 2

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 9
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: 1909 July 2

Orville Wright flying past the launch derrick during the last flight of July 1, 1909., 1909 July 1

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 10
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: 1909 July 1