Box 18A
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Group photograph at Pau including Hart O. Berg, Alfonso XIII, and Orville Wright, 1909 Feb. 20
Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 1, Item: 12
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
The “Icare” lifting off with the “Aéro-Club Béarnais” on board., 1909 Feb. 25
Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 2, Item: 12
Scope and Contents
A postcard by R. Guilleminot captioned “Aéro-Club Béarnais. Départ de l’Icare. Piloté par le Marquis de Kergariou.” The Count de Lambert, Orville and Katharine Wright are standing on the right outside the balloon basket. Photographic postcard by Callizo.
Dates:
1909 Feb. 25
Spectators at Pau, including Charles S. Rolls, student pilot Paul Tissandier, and Orville Wright, 1909 Feb. 18
Item — Box: 18A, Folder: 3, Item: 12
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. 18
