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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

A distant view of a landing at Fort Myer, probably 1909 July

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 15
Scope and Contents

Identified on the reverse as "Fort Myer".

Dates: probably 1909 July

A distant view of the Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer., Undated

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, 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: Undated

Preparing the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer for a flight at Fort Myer., 1909

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, 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: 1909