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Lt. A. D'Orville, 6th N.Y. Infantry.

Lt. A. D'Orville, 6th N.Y. Infantry.

A black and white photo of a man with a cane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Leontine Wright, niece of Wilbur and Orville, daughter of Lorin Wright, age one year]

[Leontine Wright, niece of Wilbur and Orville, daughter of Lorin Wrigh...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Dan Tate, at left, and Edward C. Huffaker, at right, launching the 1901 glider with either Wilbur or Orville piloting]

[Dan Tate, at left, and Edward C. Huffaker, at right, launching the 19...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 49. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Orville making right turn, showing warping of wings, hill visible in front of him; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Orville making right turn, showing warping of wings, hill visible in ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 55. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; WILBUR AND ORVILLE WRIGHT, CHARLIE TAYLOR; PUTTING PLANE ON LAUNCHING RAIL

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; WI...

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[Orville Wright, William Wright, and Katharine Wright, half-length portraits, standing outdoors]

[Orville Wright, William Wright, and Katharine Wright, half-length por...

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[Side view from below of Orville soaring in level flight, spectators looking up at glider; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Side view from below of Orville soaring in level flight, spectators l...

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[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 117. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

Orville Wright - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Katharine Wright, wearing a leather jacket, cap, and goggles, aboard the Wright Model HS airplane with Orville, 1915]

[Katharine Wright, wearing a leather jacket, cap, and goggles, aboard ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 44. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Close-up of Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

[Close-up of Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917...

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Orville with Scipio, a St. Bernard dog he acquired in March, 1917]

[Orville with Scipio, a St. Bernard dog he acquired in March, 1917]

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

Richard & Orville Dewey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Richard & Orville Dewey - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Col. Lindbergh receives Harmon trophy. The highlight of today's session of the International Civil Aeronautics Conference was the presentation of the Harmon Trophy to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, America's air ace. The trophy is awarded annually by the International League of Aviators to the man voted to have done the most for aeronautics that year In the photograph, left to right: William McCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Pierre Etienne Flandin, Vice President of the International League of Aviators and chief of the French delegation to the air conference, who presented the trophy; Col. Lindbergh; and Orville Wright, Inventor of the first airplane in America

Col. Lindbergh receives Harmon trophy. The highlight of today's sessio...

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Orville H. Browning to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 30, 1861  (Fremont's proclamation)
Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The townhouse of Orville E. Babcock, private secretary to president U.S. Grant, until 1876. Babcock was indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis on Dec. 9, 1875 "for conspiracy to defraud the reve... More

Diaries and Notebooks:  1902, Orville Wright

Diaries and Notebooks: 1902, Orville Wright

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

[Horace (Buster) Wright, son of Lorin Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orville]

[Horace (Buster) Wright, son of Lorin Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orv...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 157. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Reuchlin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, age 40, head and shoulders]

[Reuchlin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, age 40, head and shou...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman ...

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[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the ground, covering a distance of about 14.2 miles in 25 minutes and 5 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the grou...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Front view of flight 41, Orville flying to the left at a height of ab...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Glider being prepared for flight by Orville and assistants; a number of reporters stand off to the right]

[Glider being prepared for flight by Orville and assistants; a number ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 114. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. June 22, 1927]

[Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, w...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 27. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Dwight Davis decorating Orville Wright, 2/27/29

Dwight Davis decorating Orville Wright, 2/27/29

A black and white photo of three men in suits. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Orville Douglas, 1898-, Head and Shoulders Portrait

William Orville Douglas, 1898-, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Portrait, head and shoulders, facing left. Photo by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Mrs. Orville White making pancakes for breakfast near Northome, Minnesota

Mrs. Orville White making pancakes for breakfast near Northome, Minnes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Douglas dons robes of Supreme Court Justice. Washington, D.C., April 17. William Orville Douglas, 40 year old successor to retired Justice Louis D. Brandeis, today donned the robes of an associate Justice of the Supreme Court and took his place on the bench at noon today. Here he is in his new robes shortly before being sworn in

Douglas dons robes of Supreme Court Justice. Washington, D.C., April 1...

A man sitting at a table with a book. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Orville Woodruff/Otto G. Williams, Indianapolis Team, baseball card portrait]

[Orville Woodruff/Otto G. Williams, Indianapolis Team, baseball card p...

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Orville Wright, about three years old, half-length portrait, in oval, facing front]

[Orville Wright, about three years old, half-length portrait, in oval,...

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Subject File:  Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.--Affidavits: Wright, Wilbur & Orville, 11 December 1909

Subject File: Legal Cases--Wright Co. v. Herring-Curtiss Co.--Affidav...

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Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1911
[Milton Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orville, son of Lorin, approximately age nine, [sic], copy photograph]

[Milton Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orville, son of Lorin, approximat...

Milton Wright, head and shoulders portrait, facing front. Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. C... More

[Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Left to right: Octave Chanute, Orville Wright, and Edward C. Huffaker seated at left and Wilbur Wright standing]

[Visitors and fellow campers in the Wrights' work shed at Kitty Hawk, ...

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[Wilbur and Orville assembling the 1903 machine in the new camp building at Kill Devil Hills. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Wilbur and Orville assembling the 1903 machine in the new camp buildi...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 55. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the machine, near the hangar at Huffman Prairie. The two figures in the center are probably Wilbur Wright and Charles E. Taylor. The catapult launching device appears for the first time in a photograph]

[Start of the first flight of 1905, Orville Wright at controls of the ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; H...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Front view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Front view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in ...

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[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

[Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who came to pay Orville a personal call at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, June 22, 1927]

[Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh, w...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 27. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

Family Papers:  Exchange of Coded Cables between Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1907
Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1911
Orville Harrold - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Orville Harrold - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HANGAR, ORVILLE WRIGHT, RIGHT

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HA...

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[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of the Wright Flying School, probably Orville acting as instructor; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Series of flights from May through July, just after the opening of th...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 24. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wright, Earl N. Findley, nephew Horace Wright, John R. McMahon, and Pliny Williamson, on the walk of Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wrig...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 39. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Inventor of America's first flying machine attends International Civil Aeronautics Conference. Orville Wright, one of the famous Wright brothers who made the first flight in America 25 years ago, was given a hearty greeting by the delegates from all over the world when he arrived to attend the first session of the International Civil Aeronautics Conference in Washington today. In this picture Mr. Wright (right) is shaking hands with William F. Whiting, Secretary of Commerce

Inventor of America's first flying machine attends International Civil...

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Dwight Davis decorating Orville Wright, [2/27/29]

Dwight Davis decorating Orville Wright, [2/27/29]

A group of men standing next to each other on a balcony. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Esther Henderson (left), of Lyons Station, and Mrs. Orville Sloyer, unloading bales of insulating material for storage in the lumber shed

Mrs. Esther Henderson (left), of Lyons Station, and Mrs. Orville Sloye...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fall Ends Flight- Orville Wright Shuts off Power on Aerial Curve [Washington Post, 1 July 1909]

Fall Ends Flight- Orville Wright Shuts off Power on Aerial Curve [Wash...

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers:  Exchange of Coded Cables between Wilbur and Orville Wright, 1907
[Orville Woodruff/Otto G. Williams, Indianapolis Team, baseball card portrait]

[Orville Woodruff/Otto G. Williams, Indianapolis Team, baseball card p...

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Orville H. Browning to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, September 25, 1863  (Death of Archibald Williams)
Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1909

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1909

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

[Tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia]

[Tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas E. Sel...

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[1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at ri...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Lorin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, seated holding his children, Horace, Ivonette, and Leontine]

[Lorin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, seated holding his child...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the end of flight 31, piloted by Orville. The tall, white-shirted man in the foreground may be Charles E. Taylor, Wrights' mechanic; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Damaged machine to the right of the launching track at the end of fli...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 58. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Orville, Wilbur, and Katherine Wright, with others

Orville, Wilbur, and Katherine Wright, with others

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Rear view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Rear view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in O...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 165 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Kill Devil Hill, where the first gliding experiments were conducted by the Wright brothers in 1900; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright, accompanied by his brother Lorin, his nephew Horace, and his friend Alexander Ogilvie, of England, arrived for the purpose of conducting gliding experiments with a glider resembling the 1911 powered machine but lacking its motor]

[Kill Devil Hill, where the first gliding experiments were conducted b...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 113. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wright, Earl N. Findley, nephew Horace Wright, John R. McMahon, and Pliny Williamson, on the steps of Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wrig...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 39. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

[Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Herbert Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orville, son of Reuchlin Wright, age eight]

[Herbert Wright, nephew of Wilbur and Orville, son of Reuchlin Wright,...

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 156. Attributed to Wilbur and... More

[Reuchlin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, age 40, head and shoulders]

[Reuchlin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, age 40, head and shou...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Orville piloting the third flight of December 17, 1903; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Orville piloting the third flight of December 17, 1903; Kitty Hawk, N...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Long-range view of machine on launching track, probably Wilbur and Orville standing on either side; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Long-range view of machine on launching track, probably Wilbur and Or...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Copy negative of... More

[Rear view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Rear view of the Muse of Aviation trophy as displayed on a table in O...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright seated on steps of rear porch, 7 Hawthorne St., Dayton, Ohio

Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright seated on steps of rear porch, 7 Hawt...

Illus. in TL540 (pictorial). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ohio Dayton; BI (2); Shelf.

[Distant view of Bishop Milton Wright during his first ride in an airplane, when Orville attained an altitude of 350 feet at Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Distant view of Bishop Milton Wright during his first ride in an airp...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 39. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Orville Wright before Special Aviation Board, 10/12/25

Orville Wright before Special Aviation Board, 10/12/25

A black and white photo of two men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corps. The Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy, property of the National Aeronautic Association by virtue of three victories by American Balloonists, was today presented to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F. Trubee Davison for the Army Air Corps for a year by Orville Wright, secretary of the Contest Committee of the Association An Army pilot, Captain W.G. Kemper, secured the trophy for America by winning the race from Detroit last year. In the photograph, left to right: Ray Cooper, of the National Aeronautic Association, who brought the trophy to Washington by airplane from Michigan; Brig. General Benjamin Foulois, Assistant Chief of the Army Air Corps; Secretary F. Trubee Davison; Orville Wright; and Porter Adams, president of the National Aeronautic Association

Gordon Bennett International Balloon Trophy goes to U.S. Army Air Corp...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, May-July 1907

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Orville, May-July 1907

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1900-1902

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1900-1902

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Diaries and Notebooks:  1903, Orville Wright

Diaries and Notebooks: 1903, Orville Wright

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward]

[Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wright, Earl N. Findley, nephew Horace Wright, John R. McMahon, and Pliny Williamson, all seated on the lawn of Orville's home, Hawthorn Hill; Dayton, Ohio]

[Group picture of Orville Wright, Bishop Milton Wright, Katharine Wrig...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 39. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine From 1900 to 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright came here from Dayton, Ohio, based on

Wright Brothers National Memorial, located in Kill Devil Hills, North ...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The townhouse of Orville E. Babcock, private secretary to president U.S. Grant, until 1876. Babcock was indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis on Dec. 9, 1875 "for conspiracy to defraud the reve... More

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Orville E. Babcock House, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Significance: The townhouse of Orville E. Babcock, private secretary to president U.S. Grant, until 1876. Babcock was indicted by the grand jury at St. Louis on Dec. 9, 1875 "for conspiracy to defraud the reve... More

Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, April-June 1908

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Orville, April-June 1908

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1909

Family Papers: Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1909

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Diaries and Notebooks:  1903, Orville Wright

Diaries and Notebooks: 1903, Orville Wright

The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More

Family Papers:  Correspondence--Wright, Orville, 1911
[Orville Wright and group around a table, looking at photographs, during a party at 7 Hawthorn Street]

[Orville Wright and group around a table, looking at photographs, duri...

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. The first Wright home, located at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio, was occupied by the Wright family from... More

[Leontine Wright, daughter of Lorin Wright, niece of Wilbur and Orville, three-quarter length]

[Leontine Wright, daughter of Lorin Wright, niece of Wilbur and Orvill...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 158. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

[Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 21. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville at the controls, making two complete circles of the field at Huffman Prairie in 2 minutes and 45 seconds; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 23: front view of the machine in flight to the right, Orville ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the left at a considerable height; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the left at a considerable ...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 59. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Left front view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left, in the last photographed flight of 1905; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Left front view of flight 46, Orville turning to the left, in the las...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Rear view of flight 46, Orville flying at a high altitude over Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Rear view of flight 46, Orville flying at a high altitude over Huffma...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 60. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Close-up of Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917]

[Close-up of Scipio, a St. Bernard dog Orville acquired in March, 1917...

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 26. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

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