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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Orville Wright, Charlie Taylor, Charlie Furnas, and soldiers hauling the Wright Model A Flyer across the field at Fort Myer, 1908 Sept.

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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 Sept.

Orville Wright, and an unidentified passenger, fly at Fort Myer, 1908 Sept.

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 12
Scope and Contents

A flag flies from the forward strut of the elevator.

Dates: 1908 Sept.

Orville Wright and Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois completing their speed trial flight in front of a very large crowd., 1909 July 30

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