Results for "Langley Medal"
Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley
- Date: December 15, 2015
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.
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See Here: 1/19/2010
- Date: January 19, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Wright Brothers standing outside carriage after receiving Langley Medal for Aerodromics, February 10, 1910, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 11, Negative number: 82-3350."][/caption]
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See Here: 1/5/2011
- Date: January 5, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="377" caption="Presentation of Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromes to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at the annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, December 8, 1927, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 21; Record Unit 371 Box 2,
Science Service, Up Close: “Charlie Is My Darling” — Lindbergh in Washington, June 1927
- Date: February 2, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: On June 11, 1927, 25-year-old Charles Lindbergh, and his plane Spirit of St. Louis, arrived back in the United States, and Washington, D.C. threw a party.
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An Intern’s Perspective on Preserving Scrapbooks and Conserving Blueprints
- Date: August 30, 2018
- Description: Preservation intern discusses working with oversize materials in the Archives collection, including information on the creation of custom enclosures, surface cleaning of blueprints, and humidification.