Box 18B
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Spectators, including the 9th Duke of Manchester, Lord Balfour, and Lord Northcliffe, watching a flight at Pau, 1909 Feb. 11
Item — Box: 18B, Folder: 5, Item: 13
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. 11
Small print taken from the front of the launch rail showing the Wright Model A Flyer poised for a down slope takeoff without a launch derrick, 1909 Apr. 26
Item — Box: 18B, Folder: 6, Item: 13
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 Apr. 26
German Wright Flying Machine Company photograph showing Captain Paul Engelhard’s wrecked Model B type flying machine following his fatal accident at Johannisthal Field (on September 29, 1911), 1909
Item — Box: 18B, Folder: 7, Item: 13
Scope and Contents
Engelhard had become the chief pilot for the German Wright Company.
Dates:
1909
Wilbur Wright speaking to student pilot Capt. Paul N. Lucas-Girardville, who is seated in the passenger seat ready for a lesson, 1909 Feb. or Mar.
Item — Box: 18B, Folder: 4, Item: 13
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. or Mar.
