Langley's Aerodrome Shop, South Shed
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Date: 1900
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: September 1975
Samuel P. Langley's Aerodrome Shop in South Shed built in 1898 and located in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building. Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906) was an astrophysicist and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1887-1906). He was also founder of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. He did research in aeronautics and attempted to build the first manned flying machine.
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Featured in TORCH, September 1975
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: September 1975
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1900
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print