The Wright Brothers

From The Library of Congress:

Among the materials the Wright Brothers estate gave the Library of Congress in 1948 were 300 glass plate negatives and two nitrate negatives, most taken by the Wright brothers themselves between 1897 and 1928. About 200 views from 1900 to 1911 document their successes and failures with their new flying machines. The collection provides an excellent pictorial record of the Wright brothers laboratory, engines, models, experimental planes, runways, flights, and even their accidents. The collection also contains individual portraits and group pictures of the Wright brothers and their family and friends, as well as photos of their homes, other buildings, towns, and landscapes.

Reuchlin Wright, brother of Wilbur and Orville, age 40, head and shoulders

George Reeder, relative of the Wright Brothers, called Uncle George, head and shoulders

Lester, Willie and Paul Henderson, neighbors of Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton, Ohio

Bertha Wright, age five, niece of the Wright brothers, daughter of Lorin Wright

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

Flight 82: Wilbur piloting at a considerable height, flying a distance of 2 3/4 miles in 5 minutes and 4 seconds, almost four circles of the field at Huffman Prairie, the best and longest flight of the year; Dayton, Ohio

Kitchen of the camp building at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, with neatly arranged wall shelves holding dishes, canned foods, and other provisions

Dan Tate, at left, and Edward C. Huffaker, at right, launching the 1901 glider with either Wilbur or Orville piloting

Captain William J. Tate, the Wrights' first host in Kitty Hawk, and family on porch of their home, the Kitty Hawk Post Office

Side view of flight 45, Orville flying to the right close to the ground, covering a distance of about 14.2 miles in 25 minutes and 5 seconds; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio

Wilbur Wright, age 38, head and shoulders, about 1905; one of the earliest published photographs of him

Orville Wright, age 34, head and shoulders, with mustache