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Box 19A

 Container

Contains 121 Results:

Wilbur Wright talking with others near the Wright Model A Flyer at Governors Island., 1909

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 19
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

A close view of Wilbur Wright, surrounded by several men, 1909 Oct. 4

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 20
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 Oct. 4

Standing in front of the Wright Model A Flyer, from left to right, Capt. Halstead Dovey, James M. Beck, Wilbur Wright, and William J. Hammer., 1909 Oct. 4

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 21
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 Oct. 4

Standing in front of the Wright Model A Flyer, from left to right, Capt. Halstead Dovey, James M. Beck, Charles E. Taylor, Wilbur Wright, and William J. Hammer., 1909

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, 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

James M. Beck walking with Wilbur Wright on Governors Island, near one of the hangars., 1909

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 23
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

Head shot of William J. Hammer and Wilbur Wright looking at each other, 1909 Oct. 4

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 24
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 Oct. 4

William J. Hammer and Wilbur Wright photographed together inside the hangar on Governors Island, 1909 Oct. 4

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 25
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 Oct. 4

William J. Hammer and Wilbur Wright surrounded by Army officers and invited guests on Governors Island, 1909 Oct. 4

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 26
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 Oct. 4

Mounted print of four photographers watching Wilbur Wright and the Wright Model A Flyer flying away from them on Governors Island., 1909

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 2, Item: 27
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

Two cows walk across the Prairie with the hangar beyond them., circa 1910-1913

 Item — Box: 19A, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series: While at Simms Station in 1910, the Wright Brothers flew the Wright Model A Flyer (Wright 1907 machine) from May 10 to May 20. From May 21 to October 14, they flew the Wright Model B Flyer. The transition from the Wright Model A Flyer (1907-type machine) was gradual. Orville and Wilbur Wright both experimented with placement of the horizontal control surfaces in 1909. In 1910 they applied a fixed horizontal stabilizer to the tail of the Model A. It was then made moveable, working in...
Dates: circa 1910-1913