Taking Down the Wright Flyer

ID: 85-1133-3

Creator: Avino, Mark

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1985

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder March 1985

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Summary

The Wright Brothers' Flyer being removed from the "Milestones of Flight Gallery," National Air and Space Museum. It was moved to another gallery where restoration work was done behind a plexiglass screen so that visitors could witness the event.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Milestones of Flight (Exhibition)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, March 1985

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder March 1985

Contact information

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

Date

1985

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Moving of artifacts
  • Restoration
  • Aeronautics
  • Exhibitions
  • Wright Brothers' Aeroplane
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

85-1133-3

Physical description

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

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