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Box 19B

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

View of Montgomery flying field hangar from a distance., 1910

 Item — Box: 19B, Folder: 5, Item: 22
Scope and Contents

Parked to the right of the hangar are cars and carriages. Spectators can be seen examining the Wright Model A Flyer in its hangar.

Dates: 1910

Spencer Crane, Arch Hoxsey, and Arch Brookins stitching wing fabric inside the hangar, 1910

 Item — Box: 19B, Folder: 6, 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: 1910