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[Oberlin College reception, group photograph, Oberlin, Ohio]

[Oberlin College reception, group photograph, Oberlin, Ohio]

Title from: 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 in LO... More

[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.

[Carrie Kayler, Belle Kayler, and Clo Barnes, December 31, 1900]

[Carrie Kayler, Belle Kayler, and Clo Barnes, December 31, 1900]

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.

[Kitty Hawk Bay viewed from the Wright brothers' 1900 camp]

[Kitty Hawk Bay viewed from the Wright brothers' 1900 camp]

Title based on: 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 i... More

[Kitty Hawk lifesaving crew: Captain Joseph Payne, Oliver T[...]ford, Jos. Best, Ben Toler, Tom Suerling, and Tom Heintz]

[Kitty Hawk lifesaving crew: Captain Joseph Payne, Oliver T[...]ford, ...

Seven men pictured, six men identified. 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 Orvi... 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

[Helen Wright, age 12, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Reuchlin Wright]

[Helen Wright, age 12, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Reuch...

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

[1901 glider soaring, photograph from an out of focus, water-damaged negative]

[1901 glider soaring, photograph from an out of focus, water-damaged n...

Original negative is blurred. 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 Or... More

[A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill]

[A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slop...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 52. 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

[Luncheon by Aero Club of America honoring Glenn Curtiss, NYC, Sept. 22, 1909. Curtiss and Wilbur Wright at head table

[Luncheon by Aero Club of America honoring Glenn Curtiss, NYC, Sept. 2...

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

[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 glider in front of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Front view of glider in front of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, Nor...

Title from: 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 in L... 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

Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]

Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, ...

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

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[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

[Christmas tree in the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

[Christmas tree in the Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

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

[The Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

[The Wright home, 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Ohio]

Title from 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 187... More

[Left view of Wilbur gliding, Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau buildings in distance; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Left view of Wilbur gliding, Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weathe...

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 52 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in... More

[Wilbur gliding to the right, bottom view of glider]

[Wilbur gliding to the right, bottom view of glider]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More

[Flight 29: machine close to the ground, Orville piloting, covering a distance of 640 feet in 15 seconds; Dayton, Ohio]

[Flight 29: machine close to the ground, Orville piloting, covering a ...

Title from: 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 in LO... More

[Right front view from below of flight 46, Orville turning to the right; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Right front view from below of flight 46, Orville turning to the righ...

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

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]

[Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, w...

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

[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

[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

Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

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

Diaries and Notebooks:  1900-1901, Wilbur Wright

Diaries and Notebooks: 1900-1901, Wilbur 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

[Long-range view of the Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau Station]

[Long-range view of the Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bure...

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

[Woods near camp at Kitty Hawk]

[Woods near camp at Kitty Hawk]

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.

[View of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 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, photographed by the Wright brothe...

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

[Katharine Wright and friend Harriet Silliman, half length, smiling and facing each other]

[Katharine Wright and friend Harriet Silliman, half length, smiling an...

Title from: 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 in LO... More

[Close-up view of the Wright brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

[Close-up view of the Wright brothers' camp at Kitty Hawk, North Carol...

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

[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

[Helen Wright, age 12, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Reuchlin Wright]

[Helen Wright, age 12, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Reuch...

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

[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1903 with the 1902 glider (one of three pictures taken on this date); Kitty Hawk camp buildings in the distance]

[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1...

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

[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1903 with the 1902 glider (one of three pictures taken on this date); Kitty Hawk camp buildings in the distance]

[Right rear view of one of the successful glides made on October 21, 1...

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 the Wright brothers' camp and Kitty Hawk Bay]

[Long-range view of the Wright brothers' camp and Kitty Hawk Bay]

Title from: 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 in LO... 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

[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

[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 LO... 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

Wright Machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Wright Machine - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

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

[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

Wilbur Wright and others on Governor's Island, New York

Wilbur Wright and others on Governor's Island, New York

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

[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

[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.

[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

WRIGHT FLIGHTS, FORT MYER, Virginia, JULY 1909. FIRST ARMY FLIGHTS; HANGAR, WILBUR WRIGHT, RIGHT, SHOWING HIS OBJECTION TO BEING PHOTOGRAPHED

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

Public domain photograph related to Wright brothers, first flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

Wilbur Wright funeral - crowds outside 1st Presbyterian church, Dayton

Wilbur Wright funeral - crowds outside 1st Presbyterian church, Dayton

Bird's-eye view showing crowd on an dalong street, with church in backgrd. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Mis... More

Wilbur Wright funeral - crowds outside 1st Presbyterian church - Dayton

Wilbur Wright funeral - crowds outside 1st Presbyterian church - Dayto...

Crowd outside church. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. LOT subdivision subject: Orville and Wilbur Wright aviation activities - Miscellaneous, 1908-1917. Portraits, planes, trophies; f... 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

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

[Letter, Wilbur Wright, Aero Club of America Newsletter, 12 March 1906]

[Letter, Wilbur Wright, Aero Club of America Newsletter, 12 March 1906...

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

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersection of Wilbur Wright & Birch Streets, Mount Clemens, Macomb County, MI

Selfridge Field, Building Nos. 20 & 21, East Ramp south of intersectio...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Orville Wright before he grew a mustache, side view facing right, half length]

[Orville Wright before he grew a mustache, side view facing right, hal...

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

[George Reeder, relative of the Wright Brothers, called Uncle George, head and shoulders]

[George Reeder, relative of the Wright Brothers, called Uncle George, ...

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

[Lester, Willie and Paul Henderson, neighbors of Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio]

[Lester, Willie and Paul Henderson, neighbors of Wilbur and Orville Wr...

Title from reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 159. Attributed to Wilbur and/or ... More

Portrait photo of [Birthday dinner at J.G. Feight's]

Portrait photo of [Birthday dinner at J.G. Feight's]

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.

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