Gertrude Sugden Rogallo (1914-2008)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-2459]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-2459

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Summary

In 1948, Gertrude Sugden Rogallo (1914-2008) invented and patented, with her husband aeronautical engineer Francis Melvin Rogallo (1912-2009), a self-inflating flexible kite.

Subject

  • Rogallo, Gertrude Sugden 1914-2008
  • Rogallo, Francis M (Francis Melvin) 1912-2009

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2009-2459

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Inventors
  • Kites

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-2459]

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