Langley Studying Flight of Birds

ID: 21444 or MAH-21444

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1901

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 10

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Summary

Samuel P. Langley, 1834-1906, third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1887-1906), observing birds in flight from the roof of the Arts and Industries Building, ca. 1901-02.

Subject

  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From notes on back - 'too skinny to be SPL'

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 10

Contact information

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

Date

1901

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Secretaries
  • Flight
  • Aeronautics
  • Roofs
  • Grounds

Place

Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

21444 or MAH-21444

Physical description

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

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