Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
The bottom of the Wright Model A Flyer following the accident, 1908 Sept. 17
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 17
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
A small, mounted, original photograph showing Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer, 1908 Sept.
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 17
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.
Portrait photograph of Mrs. Ralph Van Deman, the first woman to ride in an airplane in the United States, Undated
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 17
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Van Deman flew as a passenger with Wilbur Wright at College Park, Maryland, October 27, 1909.
Dates:
Undated
