Langley Medal for Aerodromics
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Date: 1909
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: May 1988
Front and back perspectives of the Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromics, the third oldest medal to be awarded by the Smithsonian Institution. The Langley Medal is in honor of the Smithsonian's third Secretary, Samuel P. Langley (1887-1906) and is given to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the science of aeronautics and astronautics. The medal was authorized by the Board of Regents in 1908 and first presented to the Wright Brothers in 1909.
Samuel P. Langley Gold Medal for Aerodromics
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in the Torch, May 1988
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: May 1988
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1909
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Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print