Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
The Wright Model A Flyer sits on the launch rail ready to start. Soldiers and journalists stand nearby ready to watch the flight., 1908-1909
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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:
1908-1909
Orville Wright flying high in a Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer, probably 1908 Sept.
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, 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:
probably 1908 Sept.
Orville Wright taking off in the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer, 1909 June or July
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, 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:
1909 June or July