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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Litter bearers carry Orville Wright from the scene of the wreck at Fort Myer., 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 22
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

Contact print showing Orville Wright “Flying towards camp, in background to land for the night.”, 1908-1909

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 22
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

Composite photo reproduction of various views of the Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer in September 1908., Undated

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 22
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