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Box 19C

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Orville Wright, Alexander Ogilvie, and a third man working on the glider., 1911

 Item — Box: 19C, Folder: 10, Item: 15
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: 1911

Sepia print showing Orville Wright gliding toward the ocean., 1911 Oct.

 Item — Box: 19C, Folder: 11, Item: 15
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: 1911 Oct.