Box 17A
Container
Contains 128 Results:
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
La Place de la République, Le Mans, showing soldiers and officers on parade in preparation for the Lafayette-Washington ceremony, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 10
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:
1918 Dec. 22
Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois (left) and Col. Charles de Forest Chandler in uniform at Le Mans, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 11
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:
1918 Dec. 22
Spectators at the cornerstone ceremony for the Wilbur Wright monument near the Cathedral of St. Julien at Le Mans, 1918 Dec. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 12
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:
1918 Dec. 22
The dedication ceremony for the Wilbur Wright memorial at Le Mans, 1920 July 17
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 13
Scope and Contents
The Cathedral of St. Julien is in the background.
Dates:
1920 July 17
Lithographic postcard showing the first version of the proposed monument to Wilbur Wright and the other early aeronautical experimenters, a small bronze sculpture subsequently presented to U.S. Ambassador to France, Myron Herrick in Paris, 1921 Nov. 22
Item — Box: 17A, Folder: 6, Item: 14
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:
1921 Nov. 22
