Langley Aerodrome No. 5
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Creator: Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: May 6, 1896
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 9B
An instantaneous photograph by Alexander Graham Bell of Langley Aerodrome No. 5 in flight May 6, 1896. This aerodrome or flying machine was developed by Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1834-1906, astrophysicist and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906.
Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 9B
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 6, 1896
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SIA2012-3092 and A18864 and A18868a
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print