Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 photographer Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 photographer Daniels, John T., photographer still image graphic still image Dry plate negatives-1900-1910. xxu 1903 monographic [1903 Dec. 17]

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1 photograph : glass negative, dry plate ; plate 18 x 12.5 cm (5 x 7 format). Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. 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. (Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.) Restricted access. Please use digital image or other reference copy. Original photograph is too fragile to serve. No known restrictions on publication. 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. For more information about this collection, see http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.wri Published in: The Joy of Looking: Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2023. Published in: "Architecture ..." chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013. 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. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 286. 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. Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Portrait section. Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 Airplanes North Carolina Kitty Hawk 1900-1910 Firsts North Carolina Kitty Hawk 1900-1910 LC-W86- 35 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00626 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a53266 (DLC) 00649999 00652085 LC-DIG-ppprs-00626 DLC LC-W861-35 DLC LC-USZ62-6166A DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppprs.00626 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3a53266 aacr gihc DLC 000930 20250606183612.9 12190995 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)