Milestones of Flight Gallery, February 1976

ID: 76-2687-26A

Creator: Farrar, Richard

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder March 1976

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Summary

The National Air and Space Museum's "Milestones of Flight Gallery," which includes the Wright Brothers' Flyer, Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis," Apollo 11 Command Module, and John Glenn's Mercury capsule, prior to official opening of the building, February 4, 1976.

Subject

  • Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974
  • Glenn, John 1921-
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Apollo 11 (Spacecraft)
  • Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
  • Milestones of Flight (Exhibition)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, March 1976

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder March 1976

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Aeronautics
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Mercury (missile)
  • Space flight
  • Astronautics
  • Galleries
  • Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane)
  • Space vehicles
  • Aircraft
  • Aeronautical museums

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

76-2687-26A

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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