![[Hill between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvaGlsbC1iZXR3ZWVuLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stYW5kLWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1iMGU5OWEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Hill between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill]")
[Hill between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hill]
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
![[Kill Devil Hill] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYva2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLTQ0MmEzOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Kill Devil Hill] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.")
[Kill Devil Hill] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 46. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
![[View from the top of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvdmlldy1mcm9tLXRoZS10b3Atb2Yta2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtNDkxNzgwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[View from the top of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[View from the top of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
![[Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQva2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtN2UzZDIyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "[Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
![[Kill Devil Hill, view from the back side]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQva2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLXZpZXctZnJvbS10aGUtYmFjay1zaWRlLWUzNjhlOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Kill Devil Hill, view from the back side]")
[Kill Devil Hill, view from the back side]
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 48. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
![[Wilbur in glider turning rapidly to the left, Dan Tate running alongside; Big Kill Devil Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvd2lsYnVyLWluLWdsaWRlci10dXJuaW5nLXJhcGlkbHktdG8tdGhlLWxlZnQtZGFuLXRhdGUtcnVubmluZy1hbG9uZ3NpZGUtYmlnLWY5NWU3Yi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Wilbur in glider turning rapidly to the left, Dan Tate running alongside; Big Kill Devil Hill]")
[Wilbur in glider turning rapidly to the left, Dan Tate running alongs...
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 52. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
![[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvd2lsYnVyLWdsaWRpbmctZG93bi1zdGVlcC1zbG9wZS1vZi1iaWcta2lsbC1kZXZpbC1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtODE2NTYzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, N...
Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/... More
![[A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvYS1nbGlkZS13aXRoLXRoZS1kb3VibGUtcnVkZGVyLW1hY2hpbmUtbW92aW5nLXRvLXRoZS1sZWZ0LW5vcnRoLXNsb3BlLW9mLWJpZy01ZTBjMDctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/29/webp "[A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill]")
[A glide with the double-rudder machine moving to the left, north slop...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 52. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More
![[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, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvMTkwMy1tYWNoaW5lLW9uLXRoZS1sYXVuY2hpbmctdHJhY2stYXQtYmlnLWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1wcmlvci10by10aGUtZGVjZW1iZXItMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[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, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]")
[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvbGF1bmNoaW5nLXRyYWNrLW9uLWJpZy1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtYW5kLW5vcnRoLXNsb3BlLW9mLWtpbGwtMjYzMWY4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]")
[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north sl...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
![[Launching track on Big Hill, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTEvbGF1bmNoaW5nLXRyYWNrLW9uLWJpZy1oaWxsLWFuZC1ub3J0aC1zbG9wZS1vZi1raWxsLWRldmlsLWhpbGwta2l0dHktaGF3ay1ub3J0aC0wNjcwYjgtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Launching track on Big Hill, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Launching track on Big Hill, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill; Kitt...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
Flyer on the Big Kill Devil Hill, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1...
The first flight took place on December 17, 1903 even though Wilbur and Orville tried to fly a few days earlier on the 14th. However, the wind was calm and the brothers knew they would never get off of the grou... More
![[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, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvMTkwMy1tYWNoaW5lLW9uLXRoZS1sYXVuY2hpbmctdHJhY2stYXQtYmlnLWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1wcmlvci10by10aGUtZGVjZW1iZXItMDJmM2ZhLTEwMjQuanBn/40/29/webp "[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, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]")
[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to ...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
![[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvbGF1bmNoaW5nLXRyYWNrLW9uLWJpZy1oaWxsLWtpdHR5LWhhd2stbm9ydGgtY2Fyb2xpbmEtYW5kLW5vcnRoLXNsb3BlLW9mLWtpbGwtZTVhNjc1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north slope of Kill Devil Hill]")
[Launching track on Big Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and north sl...
Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 56. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i... More
![[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjMvZ3JvdXAtcG9ydHJhaXQtaW4tZnJvbnQtb2YtZ2xpZGVyLWF0LWtpbGwtZGV2aWwtaGlsbC1zaXR0aW5nLWhvcmFjZS13cmlnaHQtNGIxNmJlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]")
[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace...
Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 117. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L... More
Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hill
This photograph shows the Wright Brothers Monument in the distance on Kill Devil Hill and the granite boulder that marks the place that the first take-off of the first airplane was made. On December 17, 1903, t... More
US Air Force (USAF) General Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart, Commander in CHIEF...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kill Devil Hill State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USAF Release St... More
Two members of the US Army's (USA) "Golden Knights" jump team glide to...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kill Devil Hill State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USAF Release St... More
A member of the US Army's (USA) "Golden Knights" jump team glides to e...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kill Devil Hill State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USAF Release St... More
Surviving members of the John T. Daniels family, eyewitnesses to the W...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kill Devil Hill State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USAF Release St... More
A view of the Wright Brother's National memorial at Big Kill Devil Hil...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kitty Hawk State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Status: Rel... More
Aerial View, National Parks gallery
Aerial view of the Wright Brothers Monument atop Big Kill Devil Hill.
Brothers' Busts, National Parks gallery
The copper busts of Wilbur and Orville Wright, which used to be inside the Wright Brothers Monument, are now on display outside the monument atop Big Kill Devil Hill.
Snow Mimics Sand - National Parks Gallery
Snow covering the Big Kill Devil Hill and surrounding grounds, mimicking what the sandy dune and grounds looked like before the stabilizing vegetation was planted.
Snow Mimics Sand - National Parks Gallery
Snow covering the Big Kill Devil Hill and surrounding grounds, mimicking what the sandy dune and grounds looked like before the stabilizing vegetation was planted.
Snow Mimics Sand - National Parks Gallery
Snow covering the Big Kill Devil Hill and surrounding grounds, mimicking what the sandy dune and grounds looked like before the stabilizing vegetation was planted.
Busts and Moon - National Parks Gallery
View of the busts of Wilbur and Orville Wright and the Moon atop Big Kill Devil Hill at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
Tourist Attraction - Doors in the Monument
When you reach the top of Big Kill Devil Hill, you might notice doors located in the base of the 60-foot Wright Brothers Monument.
Geese Meeting, National Parks gallery
🐤🐤🐤🐤🐤.....Geese foraging in the grassy mall in front of Big Kill Devil Hill and the Wright Brothers Monument.
Wright Brothers Monument - National Parks Gallery
Looking up at the Wright Brothers Monument, which stands atop Big Kill Devil Hill.