"Falcon" Glider suspended from the ceiling over the Textile Exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building, 1956
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Date: June 1956
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 30
East South Range, Arts and Industries Building, looking west. The Bowlus-DuPont Albatross, also known as the "Falcon," hangs above a textile exhibit.
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In May 1935, Warren Eaton's widow, Genevieve, donated the "Falcon" to the Smithsonian Institution. It arrived in Washington on the 28th and a few days later, museum personnel suspended the glider from the ceiling in the Arts and Industries Building.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 43 Folder 30
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 1956
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print