Wright Brothers Outside Smithsonian Institution Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1910
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 25, Folder: 41
The Wright Brothers outside the Smithsonian Institution Building on February 10, 1910, after receiving the Langley Medal for their contributions to aeronautics. Alexander Graham Bell, a Smithsonian regent, stands closest to the automobile. To his right is Orville Wright, then Wilbur Wright, then Smithsonian Secretary Charles Doolittle Walcott. The Wright Brothers contacted Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley for advice on aeronautics early in their work on the airplane. They later donated their historic aircraft to the Smithsonian.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 25, Folder: 41
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1910
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22183 or MAH-22183
Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print