Black collection, 1896-1953.

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Black collection, 1896-1953.

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A collection of material gathered by Fred Black regarding the aeronautical experiments of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Significant material consists of photographs of the Wright brothers from childhood, their parents, and their early efforts with gliders and powered aircraft. Their activities in Europe from 1908-1912 are well chronicled with pictures of the Wright brothers with European royalty and their first, student pilots. Additional photographs contain images of the Wright brothers with various aviation and military personalities, and at the dedication ceremony of Greenfield Village, Dearborn Michigan in 1938. Correspondence in the collection consists of letters between Orville Wright, Edsel Ford, and Fred Black concerning topics such as wind tunnels, motors, and the Wright Brothers home and workshop reconstruction in Greenfield Village.

.5 linear feet

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620128

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village

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Black, Fred L., 1891-1971

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Fred L. Black was always interested in aviation and received his pilot's license in 1928 while working for the Ford Motor Company. He had a keen interest in preserving the records of early fliers and approached Edsel Ford about creating a museum in connection with the Edison Institute Museum at Dearborn, Michigan. Ford was very interested in doing so and Fred Black then began acquiring photographs and printed materials about the Wright Brothers and their experiments with flight. He was in contac...