Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922
- Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- Wright, Orville 1871-1948
- Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912
- Board of Regents
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- 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.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 25, Folder: 41
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1910
- Standard number
- 22183 or MAH-22183
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Cyano type; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Langley Medal
- Secretaries
- Aeronautics--Awards
- Inventors
- Rewards (Prizes, etc.)
- Awards
- Medals
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9649
