Samuel P. Langley Memorial Tablet

Summary

Memorial tablet of Secretary Samuel P. Langley (third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906) and his contributions to aerial navigation. The tablet is not completed and is still in the artist's studio as photographs of Langley are posted nearby. Other easels are visible in the background of the image. At the meeting of the Board of Regents on December 15, 1908, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be requested to report to the Board of Regents as soon as practicable upon the erection in the Institution Building of a tablet to the memory of Secretary Langley, setting forth his services in connection with the subject of aerial navigation . . . Regents Henry Cabot Lodge, A. O. Bacon, Alexander Graham Bell, and Secretary Charles D. Walcott.

Subject

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

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See also Negative #82-3199 (same SIA location) for another version of the tablet with slightly different images and writing on the base. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to read the writing on the bases of both tablets.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 15 Folder 12

Contact information

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

Date

1908 c

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Secretariats
• Memorials
• Sculpture
• Secretaries

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Object

ID Number

82-3198

Physical description

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

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