Box 19A
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Wilbur Wright landing the Wright Model A Flyer on Governors Island with the Statue of Liberty and the Jersey shore in the distance, 1909 Sept. 29
Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 1, Item: 22
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 Sept. 29
