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Box 18A

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Alfonso XIII and other spectators with Orville Wright, standing by the Wright Model A Flyer, 1909 Feb. 20

 Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 1, Item: 10
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 Feb. 20

Photographic postcard titled “Aéro-Club du Béarn” showing a group of aviators and balloonists with the hydrogen balloon Icare at Pau, 1909 Feb. 25

 Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 2, Item: 10
Scope and Contents

The group includes: including from left, unknown, Orville Wright, unknown, Ernest Zens, Katharine Wright, the Marquis de Kergariou (standing center in balloon), and student pilots Tissandier, and Lambert surrounded by several unknown assistants. Photograph by Callizo.

Dates: 1909 Feb. 25

Spectators watching a flight at Pau, 1909 Feb. 18

 Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 3, Item: 10
Scope and Contents

From left, Dr. Speakman, Orville Wright, Katharine Wright, and Charles S. Rolls.

Dates: 1909 Feb. 18