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English: *First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (restored photo);
  • Other Title: First flight, December 17, 1903 (restored photo)
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John T. Daniels  (1873–1948) wikidata:Q6259960
 
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 31 July 1873 Edit this at Wikidata 31 January 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6259960
Title
English: *First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (restored photo);
  • Other Title: First flight, December 17, 1903 (restored photo)
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English: Summary: The first powered, controlled, sustained airplane flight in history. Orville Wright, age 32, is at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. His brother, Wilbur Wright, age 36, ran alongside to help balance the machine, having 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.)

Source image is from a 5 x 7 inch photograph, a glass negative, dry plate.

  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppprs-00626 (digital file from original)
  • LC-W861-35 (b&w film copy neg.)
  • LC-USZ62-6166A (b&w film copy neg.)
  • Call Number: LC-W86- 35 (Cabinet A) [P&P]
The source 232.04 MB .tif file was restored by User:Wright Stuf in November, 2018 using GIMP. This freeware application does not handle 16-bit pixel depth, so this restored .tif file has had the bit depth reduced to 8-bit, with file size shrunk to 154.67 MB. A .png overlay mask is available here to use with the source file here so that 16-bit depth can be recovered for the vast majority of pixels.
Date 1903 Dec. 17 (restored 2018 Dec. 17)
Medium 1 photograph : glass negative, dry plate
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Notes
  • 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 https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wri
  • Forms part of: Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright.
  • Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 286.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lccn 96507704 had a version of this record for a reference print
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