Wilbur Collection (page 2)

Letter from Wilbur Wright to Lawrence Hargrave
Pages 2 and 3 of a letter from Wilbur Wright to Lawrence Hargrave, dated 28 January 1904. Date: 1904

Major Baden-Powell, H Rolls, Wilbur Wright, Frank Hedges But
Outside Madame Pollets at Le Mans. From left: Major B.F.S. Baden-Powell, Hon C.S. Rolls, Wilbur Wright and Frank Hedges Butler

Major B. F. S. Baden-Powell, Wilbur Wright and Hon C. S. Rolls
Outside Madame Pollets at Le Mans. From left: Major B.F.S. Baden-Powell, Wilbur Wright and Hon C.S. Rolls

Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell and Wilbur Wright
Major Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell (1860-1937) and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Date: 1937

Hon Cs Rolls and Wilbur Wright after the flight
Hon C.S. Rolls and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Date: 1908

Frank Hedges Butler and Wilbur Wright after the flight at Camp dAuvours, 8 October 1908. Date: 1908

Wilbur Wright in December 1908. Date: 1908

Wilbur Wright examining the engine of the Delage which won the coup des Voiturettes at Dieppe, at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Date: 1908

Lazare Weiller (in the checked cap) and Wilbur Wright at Camp dAuvours, Le Mans, 1908. Weiller was a leading member of the French syndicate La Compagnie Generale de Navigation Aerienne (CGNA)

Wilbur Wright and his sister Katherine
Wilbur Wright and his sister, Katherine, about to make a dual flight before King Edward VII at Pau in 1908. Date: 1908

Wilbur Wright having his photograph taken

Wilbur Wright explaining the technicalities of his aircraft to King Edward VII at Pau in 1908. Date: 1908

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)
Wilbur Wright, 1867-1912. Date: 1912

Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) aged 12
Wilbur Wright, 1867-1912, aged 12. Date: 1912

Wright brothers leaving the Smithsonian Institution
The Wright brothers leaving the Smithsonian Institution after the presentation of the Langley Medal. 10 February 1910. From left: Secretary Charles D. Walcott, Wilbur Wright, Dr A

Wilbur (centre) and Orville Wright, Prof Huntington and Griffith Brewer (extreme right) at Shellbeach, 4 May 1909. Date: 1909

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Prior to the 1950 Wilbur Wright lecture. From left: George Edwards, Major G.P. Bulman, C.G. Grey and Major Frank Halford. Date: 1950

Sir George Edwards is presented with the British Gold Medal for Aeronautics by the President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, G.H. Dowty, in 1952 at the 40th Wilbur Wright lecture. Date: 1952

Wilbur Wright in the 1901 glider - Kitty Hawk
Wilbur Wright in the 1901 glider at the end of a glide at Kitty Hawk. Date: 1901

Wilbur Wright instructing a pupil

Oil on canvas

Orville with Scipio, a St. Bernard dog he acquired in March
Orville Wright with Scipio, a St. Bernard dog he acquired in March, 1917. Date 1921 Feb

Close-up view of damaged 1903 machine, rudder frame broken in landing, on ground at end of last flight. Date 1903 Dec. 17

View of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, which includes the bay, photographed by the Wright brothers in the vicinity of their 1900 camp, where they conducted their first gliding experiments in October

Flight 29: machine close to the ground, Orville piloting, covering a distance of 640 feet in 15 seconds; Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 Aug. 13

Childhood portraits of Wilbur Wright. Date between 1901 and 1928

Magneto side of the Wright four-cylinder motor used in 1911. Date 1911

Closeup view of the Wright brothers tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile from Captain Tates home. Date 1900

Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache. Date 1905

Glider at Kitty Hawk. Date 1911

Close-up view of rudders and elevator of glider in front of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1911

Side view of flight 41, showing the machine traveling to the right, with double horizontal rudder in front and double vertical rudder behind, as Orville flew 12 miles; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Rear view of the Wright brothers four-cylinder motor as installed in their 1903 airplane. Date 1928 Jan. 6

Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1911

Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned forward to right and tipped downward. Date 1901

Long-range view of the Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau Station. Date 1900

1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill

Three-quarter right front view of Wright glider descending from Big Hill. One of four photographs of gliding activities taken on October 27, 1903, when Wilbur and Orville each made two glides

Wilbur in prone position in damaged machine, on ground after unsuccessful trial of December 14, 1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Photographs shows the shadow cast by the photographer. Date 1903 Dec

Glider being prepared for flight by Orville and assistants; a number of reporters stand off to the right. Date 1911

Long-range view of machine on launching track, showing hangar nearby and hummocky ground of former swamp at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 June or July

Left side view of glider flying as a kite, in level flight, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1900

Front view of glider outside camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1911

Wilbur gliding to the right, bottom view of glider. Date 1902 Oct. 10

Kill Devil Hill, view from the back side. Date 1901

Right front view of glider in flight. Date 1911

Orville piloting the third flight of December 17, 1903; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Date 1903 Dec. 17

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