Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
A recent print showing Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge and Orville Wright seated in the Wright Model A Flyer a moment before launch, 1908 Sept. 17
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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:
1908 Sept. 17
Orville Wright, in a high flight carrying a passenger, 1908
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 10
Scope and Contents
An American flag is visible on the forward strut.
Dates:
1908
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
