Box 17A
Container
Contains 128 Results:
Caricature, original hand painted watercolor on postcard, depicting Wilbur Wright with the body of an eagle, flying., 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Photograph used to produce caricature postcards depicting Wilbur Wright flying in his airplane., 1908
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908
Postcard depicting dogs in a flying machine teasing other dogs with a sausage., Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
Undated
A fake, composite image, lithograph postcard, showing Wilbur Wright delivering a stone bridge abutment by airplane at Chateau Thierry., Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
Undated
A postcard of a portrait of Wilbur Wright sketched October 31, 1908 by Jacques Weismann., 1908 Oct. 31
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908 Oct. 31
A fake, composite image of Wilbur Wright at Chateau Thierry., Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 25
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
Undated
Caricature postcard of Wilbur Wright in his airplane in 1908., 1908-1909
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1908-1909
Seasonal or Christmas postcard depicting a dog flying on a Wright airplane and dropping a colored sprig of holly., 1909 Jan.
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
1909 Jan.
Caricature postcard “L’Aviation a ses petits ennuis.”, Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 28
Scope and Contents
Shows Wilbur Wright stitching the fabric on the canard elevator of the Flyer while French officials look on.
Dates:
Undated
Caricature postcard “L’Aviation a ses petits ennuis.”, Undated
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 4, Item: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Wilbur Wright traveled to Le Mans, France, in May 1908. He spent June and July assembling a 1907 model Wright Flyer which had been shipped to France the previous year. This Flyer was based on the design of the modified 1905 Wright Flyer and was equipped with two seats and a stick to control wing warping, instead of the old hip cradle. This design subsequently became known as the Wright Model A. Wilbur was offered space to work in the automobile factory of Léon Bollée. On August...
Dates:
Undated
