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[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

[Railroad at Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Railroad at Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Mr. and Mrs. Lindemuth, farmers, at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio]

[Mr. and Mrs. Lindemuth, farmers, at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio]

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

[Camping party at the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

[Camping party at the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Portrait photo of [Oberlin College, class of 1898]

Portrait photo of [Oberlin College, class of 1898]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 40. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[The Wright brothers' camp near Kitty Hawk, taken from the north, two groups of trees to the left, side view of their tent to the right]

[The Wright brothers' camp near Kitty Hawk, taken from the north, two ...

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. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[View of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, which includes the bay, photographed by the Wright brothers in the vicinity of their 1900 camp, where they conducted their first gliding experiments in October]

[View of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, which includes the bay, photograp...

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.46. Attributed to Wilbur and/o... More

Portrait photo of [Oberlin College, class of 1898]

Portrait photo of [Oberlin College, class of 1898]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 40. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... 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

[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]

[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]

[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north sl...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Powered 1903 machine in the shop]

[Powered 1903 machine in the shop]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

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

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

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

[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

[View of the camp at Kitty Hawk from the northeast, showing its condition at the time of Wilbur's arrival on April 10, 1908. The old 1902 building is on the left, its side walls still standing but its roof and north end gone. The remains of the 1902 glider are on the ground]

[View of the camp at Kitty Hawk from the northeast, showing its condit...

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

[Exterior side view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

[Exterior side view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 150. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Exterior side view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

[Exterior side view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 150. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... 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

[Exterior view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

[Exterior view of the Wright Company factory; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. The Wright Company was incorporated on November 22, 1909. The factory was completed in November 1910 and ... More

[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... 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

Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a historic spot in aviation history, located in Dayton, Ohio

Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the H...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright had already flown their Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical heavier-than-air plane, for 5... More

Part of a tableau of bronze statues depicting the first successful, sustained, power flight of a heavier-than-air machine, lasting just 12 seconds at the the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina

Part of a tableau of bronze statues depicting the first successful, su...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Information from the U.S. Weather Bureau led Wilbur and Orville Wright to travel to this area from Dayton, Ohio for the reported stead... More

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

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

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

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

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Path leading to camp at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio]

[Path leading to camp at Shoup's Mill, near Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Camping party at the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

[Camping party at the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Surf at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Surf at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Camp at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Camp at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Captain Tate and wife standing in front of the Kitty Hawk Post Office]

[Captain Tate and wife standing in front of the Kitty Hawk Post Office...

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. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[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

[Mrs. Lorin (Lou) Wright, half length]

[Mrs. Lorin (Lou) Wright, half length]

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

[Gliding; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Gliding; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from the starting point, with wing-rest in center of picture and launching rail at right. This flight, the fourth and final of December 17, 1903, was the longest: 852 feet covered in 59 seconds.]

[Distant view of the Wright airplane just after landing, taken from th...

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. 57. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Albemarle Sound, taken on the Wrights' return to Dayton from Kitty Hawk]

[Albemarle Sound, taken on the Wrights' return to Dayton from Kitty Ha...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 57. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]

[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north sl...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby and hummocky ground of former swamp at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby ...

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

[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

[View of the camp building at Kitty Hawk from the northwest, showing the old building to the left and the newly constructed building on the right, with a window on its east side and outside wall braces visible on its west side]

[View of the camp building at Kitty Hawk from the northwest, showing t...

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 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

[Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats]

[Close-up view of airplane, including the pilot and passenger seats]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 155. 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

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane]

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' four-cylinder motor as installed in...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 140. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' 1903 motor in the shop, January 1, 1928, before its shipment to the Science Museum in London on January 31, 1928]

[Rear view of the Wright brothers' 1903 motor in the shop, January 1, ...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 140. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[C H & D (i.e., Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton) train wreck below Dayton, Ohio]

[C H & D (i.e., Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton) train wreck below Da...

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop]

[Wilbur Wright working in the bicycle shop]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Surf at Kitty Hawk] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Surf at Kitty Hawk] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... 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

[Distant view of the Wright brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Distant view of the Wright brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk, North Caroli...

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

[Side view of Wilbur Wright piloting a glider in level flight almost overhead, moving to left, showing bottom wing and elevator]

[Side view of Wilbur Wright piloting a glider in level flight almost o...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 50. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. (No film copy neg.) Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[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

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

[Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertical fin attached to a front strut; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Left rear view of glider at a low altitude, showing the fixed vertica...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

[Front view of Hawthorn Hill in winter; Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 155. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... 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

Orville Wright, bust portrait, facing left

Orville Wright, bust portrait, facing left

Photo by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

The Hawthorn Hill mansion in Oakwood, Ohio

The Hawthorn Hill mansion in Oakwood, Ohio

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Intending it be their families' joint home, the pioneer aviator brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright hired the prominent Dayton architec... More

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... 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

[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

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Front view of 7 Hawthorn Street, the Wright home, with bare trees and a bicycle resting by the right gate of the front fence, about 1900]

[Front view of 7 Hawthorn Street, the Wright home, with bare trees and...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 153. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy ... More

[Surf at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Surf at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[View from the top of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[View from the top of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

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. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More

[Childhood portrait of Wilbur Wright]

[Childhood portrait of Wilbur Wright]

Title based on reference print. Copy negative of a portrait photograph taken circa 1877. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers o... More

[Milton Wright, Ivonette Wright, and Leontine Wright seated on sled]

[Milton Wright, Ivonette Wright, and Leontine Wright seated on sled]

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

[Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station, with four crew members wearing white hats and jackets standing in doorway, and a boat near outer wall at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station, with four crew members wearing w...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 51. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[1903 machine and large camp building where it was housed, and smaller building used as a workshop and living quarters at Kill Devil Hills]

[1903 machine and large camp building where it was housed, and smaller...

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. 55. Attributed to Wilbur and/... 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

[Orville Wright and A.B. Lambert flying; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

[Orville Wright and A.B. Lambert flying; Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio]

Title based on reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Right front view of glider in flight]

[Right front view of glider in flight]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 116. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More

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

[Close-up of Scipio, a St. Bernard 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

[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

Statue of Orville Wright, part of the Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates the first successful, sustained, powered flights in a heavier-than-air machine

Statue of Orville Wright, part of the Wright Brothers National Memoria...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Information from the U.S. Weather Bureau led Wilbur and Orville Wright to travel to this area from Dayton, Ohio for the reported stead... More

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Bulletins, from October 5, 1908 to December 28, 1908

Alexander Graham Bell Papers. Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Otto Lilienthal glider, 1895] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Otto Lilienthal glider, 1895] - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Title based on reference print. Copy negative of a plate from a book. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[Wolf Creek flood] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[The Narrows] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from reference print. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LOT 11512. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

[Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau buildings in background to the left]

[Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forwa...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

[Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after a shipwreck)]

[Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after...

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

[Hill between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill]

[Hill between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

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