Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Another view of senior and junior Army officers and politicians inspecting the Wright Model A Flyer, 1908 Sept.
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
Those present include Asst. Secretary of War, General Oliver; Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge; Colonel Bromwell of the Army Corps of Engineers; Lt. Frank P. Lahm; Cap Hatfield; George Squier; Jules Fournier and Richard B. Creecy.
Dates:
1908 Sept.
Rear view from below of Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer with camp buildings in the background., circa 1908
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 2
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:
circa 1908
A small photograph showing (from right) Orville and Wilbur Wright walking with an unidentified man at Fort Myer, 1909 June or July
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 2
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
