Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
A close-up of the Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer., 1908 Sept.
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
An unidentified man stands nearby. An older print made from U.S. Air Service negative number 4621.
Dates:
1908 Sept.
Orville Wright flying the Wright Model A Flyer over the parade ground at Fort Myer., 1908-1909
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
The buildings of the Fort Myer military base surround the field.
Dates:
1908-1909
Soldiers hauling on the catapult rope at Fort Myer, in front of the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer, 1909 June or July
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 5
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