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[Howard Reinhart in Wright Model B]
Photograph of Howard M. Reinhart, an instructor at the Wright Flying School, sitting in a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, Simms Station, Ohio, circa 1915. Inscription on album page: "Howard Reinhardt [Reinhart]. Instructor Wright School. Simms Station. Model A – 1915."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers photograph album, circa 1909-1930s. Album contains fifty (50) silver gelatin…
[Bancroft and actress Mabel Van Buren seated in Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Bancroft (left) and actress Mabel Van Buren (right) seated in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1914. Inscription on verso: "[G. G. or C. C.?] Bancroft and Mable [sic] Van Buren / (Ramona the First in pictures) / 1914 / Wright Model B 40 H.P. / Ralph Newcomb owner."
[Robert G. Fowler and woman in Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler (right) and a woman in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.
[Robert G. Fowler and others with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Robert G. Fowler (left) and others with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.
[Philip O. Parmalee taking off in Wright Model B]
Photograph of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, piloted by Philip O. Parmalee, taking off at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. A crowd watches in the background. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight, with Parmalee carrying bolts of silk from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio.Inscription on album page: "P.O. Parmelee [Parmalee] about to start first commercial flight in Wright Model-B…
[Oscar Brindley at controls of Wright Model B aircraft]
Photographic postcard of Oscar Brindley at the controls of a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.Caption: "Mercurial Aeroplane Co. (INC) Presens. Aviator Oscar Brindley, American Altitude record, 11,775 feet, in Passenger Carrying Wright Bi-Plane."
[Bancroft and actress Mabel Van Buren seated in Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Bancroft (left) and actress Mabel Van Buren (right) seated in a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1914.
[Robert G. Fowler and others with Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Robert G. Fowler (seated in aircraft) and others with his Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1910s. A grandstand is visible in the background.Inscription on envelope: "Transcontinental films / Fowler + Newcomb."Typed on envelope: "California State Automobile Association / [address in San Francisco, California]."
[Robert G. Fowler piloting Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Robert G. Fowler piloting a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription on envelope: "Pacific to Atlantic Flight 1911 / Films only."
[Robert G. Fowler piloting Wright Model B aircraft]
Photograph of Robert G. Fowler piloting a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription on envelope: "Pacific to Atlantic Flight 1911 / Films only."