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• Collection: Groups of Images (LOTs)
• Collection: Guide Records

• Title: Wright brothers glass-plate negative collection
• Other Title: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright
  Visual materials from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright
• Related Names:
     Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 , photographer
     Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 , photographer
• Date Created/Published: 1897-1928, bulk 1898-1911.
• Medium: 300 negatives : glass-plate ; 4 x 5 and 5 x 7 in.
  2 negatives : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.
• Summary: Subjects depicted include portraits of the Wright brothers and their family members; friends and associates; views of the Wright family home at 7 Hawthorn St., Dayton, Ohio; Orville Wright's home "Hawthorne Hill", Dayton; family gatherings; the brothers performing gliding experiments and powered flight tests at Kitty Hawk, N.C., and at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio, (including views of the first flight at Kitty Hawk, Dec. 17, 1903). Also includes images of the Wright camp at Kitty Hawk; airplane motors; a few views of the Wright Company plant; portraits of Orville Wright's dog Scipio; some landscape views of areas around Dayton, Ohio, and Kitty Hawk, N.C. Also, Charles Lindbergh at Wilbur Wright Field, 1927; photographs of documents relating to a legal case against Bishop Milton Wright.
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Rights Advisory: Publication of some images may be restricted. For information see "Photographs taken by the Wright Brothers (LOT 11512),"(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/269_wri.html)
  
• Access Advisory: Use the digital versions to preserve the fragile original negatives.
• Call Number: LOT 11512 (F) [P&P]
• Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
• Notes:
  • Digitized images of all items in the collection and their associated identifying information are available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/wriquery.html
  • Enlarged prints made from original Wright negatives by the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, ca. 1962 are provided as surrogates of the negatives for reference use in the P&P Reading Room. These are filed under the call number: LOT 11512.
  • Negatives; Also available on microfiche; Published as Wilbur Wright. Photographs by the Wright Brothers (Library of Congress, 1978).
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright, pioneers in early aviation, used photography to document their experiments with flight.
  • LOT title devised by Library staff.
  • Negatives are assigned the following filing series designations: LC-W85 (for 4x5 in.) and LC-W86 (for 5x7 in. and nitrate)
  • Transfer; Science and Technology Division; 1962.
  • A set of catalog records describing each item is available through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. See http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/lcoa1.about
  • Forms part of: The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
• Subjects:
  • Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912.
  • Wright, Orville,--1871-1948.
  • Wright, Wilbur,--1867-1912--Friends & associates.
  • Wright, Orville,--1871-1948--Friends & associates.
  • Wright family.
  • Aeronautics--United States--1890-1930.
  • Flight testing--North Carolina--Kitty Hawk--1890-1930.
  • Flight testing--Ohio--Dayton--1890-1930.
  • Gliders--1890-1930.
  • Airplanes--1890-1930.
  • Families--Ohio--Dayton--1890-1930.
  • Pets--1890-1930.
  • Dogs--1890-1930.
• Format:
  • Glass negatives--1890-1930.
  • Group portraits--1890-1930.
  • Landscape photographs--1890-1930.
  • Nitrate negatives--1890-1930.
  • Portrait photographs--1890-1930.
• Collections:
  • Groups of Images (LOTs)
  • Guide Records
• Part of: Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
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• Rights Advisory: Publication of some images may be restricted. For information see "Photographs taken by the Wright Brothers (LOT 11512)," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/269_wri.html
• Reproduction Number: ---
• Call Number: LOT 11512 (F) [P&P]
• Medium: 300 negatives : glass-plate ; 4 x 5 and 5 x 7 in.
  2 negatives : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.

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• Call Number: LOT 11512 (F) [P&P]
• Medium: 300 negatives : glass-plate ; 4 x 5 and 5 x 7 in.
  2 negatives : nitrate ; 5 x 7 in.
• Access Advisory: Use the digital versions to preserve the fragile original negatives.

Please use the following steps to determine whether you need to fill out a call slip in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room to view the original item(s). In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or microfilm.

1. Is the item digitized? (A thumbnail (small) image will be visible on the left.)

   • Yes, the item is digitized. Please use the digital image in preference to requesting the original. All images can be viewed at a large size when you are in any reading room at the Library of Congress. In some cases, only thumbnail (small) images are available when you are outside the Library of Congress because the item is rights restricted or has not been evaluated for rights restrictions.

     As a preservation measure, we generally do not serve an original item when a digital image is available. If you have a compelling reason to see the original, consult with a reference librarian. (Sometimes, the original is simply too fragile to serve. For example, glass and film photographic negatives are particularly subject to damage. They are also easier to see online where they are presented as positive images.)

   • No, the item is not digitized. Please go to #2.

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