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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Orville Wright gestures in conversation with an unidentified U.S. Army Signal Corps officer who strongly resembles Frank P. Lahm, while the 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer is fueled in preparation for a flight, 1909 July

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

Another low, left view of Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer, 1908

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 7
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

Orville Wright landing in a cloud of dust, while soldiers prepare the wing trucks to wheel the flyer across the field for another trial flight, 1909 July 1

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 7
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 July 1