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TITLE: [First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

CALL NUMBER: LC-W86- 35 (Cabinet A) [P&P]

Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original negative is too fragile to serve.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppprs-00626 (digital file from original)
LC-W861-35 (b&w film copy neg.)
LC-USZ62-6166A (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION: No known restriction on publication.

SUMMARY: Negative shows Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine.

MEDIUM: 1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 5 x 7 in.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1903 Dec. 17]

RELATED NAMES:

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912, photographer.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, photographer.
Daniels, John T., photographer.

NOTES:

Title and subject note 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 LOT 11512.

Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.

Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 286.

Published in: American treasures in the Library of Congress. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1997, p. 96.

Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.

Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 19.

Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 49.

lccn 96507704 had version of record for reference print.

SUBJECTS:

Wright, Orville,--1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912.
Airplanes--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk--1900-1910.
Firsts--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk--1900-1910.

FORMAT:

Dry plate negatives 1900-1910.

OTHER TITLE:

First flight, December 17, 1903

PART OF: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (digital file from original) ppprs 00626 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00626
(digital file from b&w film copy neg. (LC-USZ62-6166A)) cph 3a53266 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a53266

CONTROL #: 00652085

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