Box 17B
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Orville Wright checks the engine of the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer as it rests on the launch rail at Fort Myer, 1909 July
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 8
Scope and Contents
This photograph was retouched for publication in Fred C. Kelly’s 1955 revision of his biography The Wright Brothers.
Dates:
1909 July
Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer, 1908
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 8
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
Wilbur Wright and Charlie Taylor watch the Wright 1909 U.S. Army Signal Corps Flyer in flight., 1909
Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 9, Item: 8
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
