Beck, Mabel, donor still image graphic still image Portrait photographs-1880-1950. Group portraits-1880-1950. Gelatin silver prints-1890-1950. xxu 1881 1946 monographic photographed ca. 1881-1946, bulk 1909 eng

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74 photographic prints : chiefly gelatin silver, b&w ; 33 x 47 cm. or smaller. 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. Served only by appointment because the material requires special handling. For more information, see: Materials Designated "Served by Appointment Only" Rights status of individual images not evaluated. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions ...," 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. Gift; Mabel Beck; 1956; (DLC/PP-1972:188). n-us--- e------ 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 Flight testing United States 1890-1950 Airplanes 1890-1950 LOT 11512-A Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA (DLC)mm 78046706 00650001 aacr gihc DLC 000327 20250606181547.2 11955329 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)