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About This Collection |
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Among the materials the Wright Brothers
estate gave the Library of Congress in
1948 were 300 glass plate negatives and
two nitrate negatives, most taken by the
Wright brothers themselves between 1897
and 1928. About 200 views from 1900 to
1911 document their successes and failures
with their new flying machines. The collection
provides an excellent pictorial record of the
Wright brothers laboratory, engines, models,
experimental planes, runways, flights, and
even their accidents. The collection also contains
individual portraits and group pictures of
the Wright brothers and their family and friends,
as well as photos of their homes, other
buildings, towns, and landscapes.
Information about obtaining copies is available through the "How to Order" link near the top of each catalog record.
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Prints displayed at the top: 1) Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache. LC-DIG-ppmsc-06102; 2) Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him. LC-DIG-ppprs-00683
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of Congress( April 24, 2007 )