MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection PART III WRIGHT FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION This series includes many original photographic prints made by the Wrights from their own negatives shortly after the images were taken. The Wrights exposed at least 303 gelatin dry plate negatives in the course of documenting their process of invention. All of their glass plate negatives were given to the Library of Congress in 1949, but many of their original prints remained with the Estate of Orville Wright. Many of the Wright Brothers’ original negatives were damaged in Dayton’s great flood of 1913, when they were submerged for up to four days. The Wright State University collection includes some images for which no negatives exist at the Library of Congress and so many of these prints are unique. In addition, this collection includes hundreds of prints collected by the Wrights through their association with other aviation pioneers such as Octave Chanute, and a great variety of aeronautical prints either collected by them, or sent to them by well-wishers through the years. While the major prints exist in both collections, both the Wright State University collection and the Wright collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress contain many images that are unique to each collection. Wilbur and Orville Wright began photographing their experiences on the Outer Banks using a 4 x 5 inch dry plate camera. In 1902 they purchased a Korona view camera which used 5 x 7 inch dry plates. They developed their negatives and made prints in the darkroom they set up at their home in Dayton. The sizes of the early prints tend to follow the original negative size suggesting that they were created as contact prints. The fact that the Wrights’ glass negatives were damaged in 1913 provides a means to attribute a date range for those prints showing activities at Kitty Hawk and Huffman Prairie between 1900 and 1905. In this listing, prints made from the Wright negatives before the 1913 flood, which show no damage, are described as early. Those older prints showing the extensive post flood emulsion damage characteristic of the negatives in their present condition, are described as later. There are also a number of much later copy prints made on photographic papers in use between the 1930’s and the 1970’s. These are generally described as recent or modern. The Wright Brothers personal photographic record of their process of invention, and the great achievement represented by their early Flyers, is contained here in boxes 15 and 16. The images in boxes 17 through 31 are, with exceptions, those that were collected (rather than made) by Wright Family members over the courses of their lives. This collection is a premier resource for archival images of the pioneering years of flight. 1 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection Series 1 HOME, BICYCLE SHOP, LABORATORY, WIND TUNNEL, AND AIR FOILS Box 15, File 1: Orville Wright’s laboratory, Hawthorn Street, and the bicycle shop 1. Orville Wright’s laboratory at 15 North Broadway, Dayton, c.a. 1930. Sent to O.W. in July 1944 by H.R. Lookabill. Orville’s Franklin Brougham automobile is parked outside. 2. Laboratory, closer front view, c.a. 1930. 3. Wright family home installed at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich. Corner view. Image taken September 7, 1947. 4. The Wright home installed at Greenfield Village. Front view. September 7, 1947. 5. The Wright home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, about 1900. 6. The Wright home at 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, about 1897. 7. View of Hawthorn Street showing the Wright home (second from right) during Dayton’s great flood, March 1913. 8. The Webbert Building at 1127 West Third Street, Dayton, including the Wright Cycle Company shop and the neighboring Keller and Cramner, undertakers. Circa 1909. 9. Retouched print of the same image of the Webbert Building, 1909. 10. The Webbert Building, home of the Wright Cycle Co. shop, installed at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich. Image taken and sent to O.W. by Karl B. Mills of Dayton, 1944. 11. The Wright Cycle Co. shop (Webbert Building) at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Image taken by “Dr. Knudtzen” and sent to O.W. in 1947. 12. Side view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop taken about 1927-1930 by H.R. Lookabill. Image includes a gentleman, possibly Orville Wright, with two young boys who may be his nephews, watching construction on a site next to the shop. 2 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection Box 15, File 1: Orville Wright’s laboratory, Hawthorn Street, and the bicycle shop continued… 13. Rear angle view of outbuildings behind the Wright Cycle Co. shop in Dayton. Unknown photographer, about 1930. 14. Rear view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop in Dayton, prior to its removal to Greenfield Village. 15. Building to the rear of bicycle shop at 1127 West Third St. Sign on building reads “Plumbing & Gas Fitting.” 16. Interior view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop showing workmen at lathes. 17. Interior view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop showing Wilbur Wright at work about 1897. Mounted original print. Usually attributed to Orville Wright. 18. Interior view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop showing Wilbur Wright at work about 1897. Mounted original print. Usually attributed to Orville Wright. Same as 15-1-17 19. Interior view of the Wright Cycle Co. shop showing Orville Wright (left) and Edwin Sines at work. About 1897. 20. Interior view showing a corner of the parlor room and hearth of the Wright home at 7 Hawthorne Street, about 1897. Usually attributed to Wilbur Wright. Mounted. 21. Distant view of the Wright home and bicycle shop installed at Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. About 1938. 22. View looking south on Hawthorne Street about 1910. The Wright home is second from the right. Image taken by Paul Thompson, New York City. Box 15, File 2: Wright 1901 wind tunnel reproductions 1. “Ford’s replica” of the Wright 1901 wind tunnel taken at Wright Field (Wright- Patterson Air Force Base), April 1939. Copy print made 1948. Front (intake) view. 2. Side view of wind tunnel reproduction made by the U.S. Army Air Corps for exhibit in the restored Wright Cycle Co. shop at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Mich. 3. Side view of the National Cash Register reproduction of the 1901 wind tunnel, 1949. 3 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection 4. Side view of the Greenfield Village wind tunnel reproduction. Box 15, File 2: Wright 1901 wind tunnel reproductions continued… 5. Angled rear view of the Greenfield Village wind tunnel reproduction taken at Wright Field, April, 1939. 6. Front view of the Greenfield Village wind tunnel reproduction prior to wood staining. About 1939. 7. Angled front view of the Greenfield Village reproduction prior to wood staining. About 1939. 8. Angled front view of the Greenfield Village wind tunnel reproduction, April 1939. Box 15, File 3: Wind tunnel balances and airfoils 1. Wind tunnel airfoil and lift balance photographed and printed in 1901 by Orville Wright. Original print. 2. Second identical 1901 print of Orville Wright’s photograph of the lift balance with airfoil. 3. George A. Spratt’s wind tunnel instrument photographed circa. November 1901 by Young’s Studio, Coatesville, Pennsylvania. 4. Reproduction of the 1901 airfoil and lift balance made at Wright Field in October, 1939. Titled: Balance, lift. Wright brothers wind tunnel, approved setting, front view. 5. Wright Field lift balance with airfoil, different setting, October 1939. 6. Unassigned 7. Top view of the Wright Field reproduction wind tunnel lift balance, October 1939. 8. Unassigned 9. Wright Field drag balance reproduction, front view, October 1939. 10. Wright Field drag balance reproduction, side view, October 1939. 4 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection 11. Wright Field drag balance reproduction, side view without airfoil, October 1939. Box 15, File 3: Wind tunnel balances and airfoils continued… 12. Second print of side view of balance reproduction without airfoil, October 1939. 13. Wright Field balance reproduction, top view without airfoil, October 1939. 14. Drag balance reproduction built at Greenfield Village. Left with O.W. by Black V. Olmstead, April 1, 1938. 15. Lift balance reproduction built at Greenfield Village, April 1, 1938. 16. Second print of Greenfield Village lift balance (same as 15). Series 2 KITTY HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS, NORTH CAROLINA: 1900-1903 Box 15, File 4: Kitty Hawk, 1900. 1. U.S. Lifesaving Service surfmen rowing to shore. Original print. About September 1900. 2. U.S. Lifesaving Service surfmen rowing from shore. About September 1900. 3. Second original print of surfmen rowing from shore. 4. Group photograph, U.S. Lifesaving Service crew at Kitty Hawk station. Identified from left as Robert Griggs; Robert Sanderlin; Thomas Hines; Elijah Baum; station keeper S.J. Payne; James Best; and Thomas Sanderlin. Early print, 1900. 5. Photographic mount with two images, (1) showing the Kitty Hawk station crew rowing from shore, and (2) the station crew group photograph (same as item 4). Both original 1900 prints. 6. Alternate view of the Kitty Hawk station crew. Early 1900 print. Mounted on an antique photo album leaf. 7. Small sand dune between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill, with woods beyond. Original 1900 print. Mounted on same antique photo album leaf. 8. Woods, Kitty Hawk Bay, and Albemarle Sound photographed from a sand dune, 1900. 5 MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection 9. Duplicate miniature prints of a small bird at the top of a tree. Described in Orville Wright’s 1900 diary as a mockingbird. Box 15, File 4: Kitty Hawk, 1900 continued… 10.