03791ckc a2200553 a 4500 11955329 20250606181547.2 kh|bo| 000327i18811946xxunnn kneng 11955329 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho 03-27-00;mgm; qw58 2019-04r LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-859 00650001 (DLC)11955329 (DLC) 00650001 DLC DLC DLC gihc n-us--- e------ LOT 11512-A Mabel Beck collection of photographs of Wright brothers overseas trips, portraits, and early flight tests at Dayton, Ohio and Kitty Hawk, N.C. [graphic]. photographed ca. 1881-1946, bulk 1909. 74 photographic prints : chiefly gelatin silver, b&w ; 33 x 47 cm. or smaller. still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier LOT title devised by Library staff. Most images bear handwritten identifications. Images do not duplicate photographs in LOT 11512. Various photographers represented in the LOT. Served only by appointment because the material requires special handling. For more information, see: Materials Designated "Served by Appointment Only" http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/617_apptonly.html The bulk of the photographs show the brothers in Europe in 1909 to promote their airplane through training and exhibition flights. Includes them meeting with nobility and other officials at Pau, France; Orville Wright with Ferdinand Zeppelin, the Crown Prince of Germany, and others while in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany; the brothers in Rome with the King of Italy; views of early Wright planes and record flights performed in the U.S., including tests at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and Simms Station, Dayton, Ohio; one photograph documenting the start of the first commercial flight from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio, 1910. Also portraits of Milton and Katharine Wright; portraits of Orville and Wilbur Wright; Orville visiting Henry Ford's plant in Dearborn, Mich., and posing with Henry Ford; an interior view of the Wright factory, 1913; photographs of the Wright bank and incidence indicators; one view of the Wright brothers bicycle shop at Dayton, Ohio; one bust sculpture of Wilbur Wright; monuments to the brothers, including one distant view of the Kitty Hawk monument; a greeting card signed by Orville Wright that includes a photograph of his home "Hawthorne Hill"; one view of the Wright airplane on exhibit at the Science Museum, London. Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html Gift; Mabel Beck; 1956; (DLC/PP-1972:188). Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 Journeys Europe. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 Journeys Europe. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 Family. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 Family. Aeronautics United States 1890-1950. lctgm Flight testing United States 1890-1950. lctgm Airplanes 1890-1950. lctgm Portrait photographs 1880-1950. gmgpc Group portraits 1880-1950. gmgpc Gelatin silver prints 1890-1950. gmgpc Beck, Mabel, donor. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright papers (DLC)mm 78046706 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu pp/guide pp/coll c-P&P (H) obj.