Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- Arts and Industries Building
- Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)
- Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)
- National Air and Space Museum
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The original negative number is 38391, but that negative has been lost.
- Summary
- The original Wright Flyer of 1903 hangs from the ceiling in the Arts and Industries Building when it first came to the Smithsonian in December 1948. Behind the Wright Flyer the lower part of the Spirit of St. Louis is visible and on the right of the photograph the Star-Spangled Banner is visible in its exhibit case.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 40, and Record Unit 549, Box 2, Folder: Old Exhibits A&I
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1948
- Standard number
- 2002-10643
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Wright Flyer (Airplane)
- Kitty Hawk Flyer
- Flags
- Exhibitions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9700
