Langley with His Aerodrome

ID: 82-3207

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1903

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 9A

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Summary

Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906), astrophysicist and third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1887-1906) stands at front left with a group of men under his "Aerodrome" or flying machine before its test launching off a houseboat.

Subject

Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder: 9A

Contact information

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

Date

1903

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Aerodromics
  • Airplanes
  • Boats and boating
  • Langley Aerodrome Tests
  • Secretaries
  • Flight
  • Aeronautics
  • Inventions

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group

ID Number

82-3207

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 4.5w x 3.75h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

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