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Box 17B

 Container

Contains 134 Results:

Orville Wright and Lt. Selfridge ready for their flight, 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, Item: 21
Scope and Contents

Charlie Taylor is untying the safety rope as a final preparation.

Dates: 1908 Sept. 17

Litter bearers carry Orville Wright from the scene of the wreck at Fort Myer., 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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: 1908 Sept. 17

Another view by Hare of the scene of the accident showing the wrecked Wright Model A Flyer and a large number of spectators., 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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: 1908 Sept. 17

Newsmen, soldiers and spectators at scene of the wreck., 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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: 1908 Sept. 17

Colonel "Cap" Hatfield, commander of Fort Myer, and colleagues stand in front of the wreckage of the Wright Model A Flyer, at the scene of the fatal accident, while men work to remove the debris., 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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: 1908 Sept. 17

A crowd of spectators and soldiers at the wreck of the Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer, 1908 Sept. 17

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 7, 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: 1908 Sept. 17

Orville Wright's first flight in the Wright Model A Flyer at Fort Myer during the Army trials., circa 1908

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 1
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: circa 1908

Rear view from below of Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer with camp buildings in the background., circa 1908

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 2
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: circa 1908

Orville Wright and Major George Squier in flight, 1908 Sept. 12

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 3
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: 1908 Sept. 12

Left view of Orville Wright in flight, 1908 Sept. 12

 Item — Box: 17B, Folder: 8, Item: 4
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: 1908 Sept. 12