Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Wright, Wilbur 1867-1912  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Portraits

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Summary:

Wilbur Wright, one of the co-inventors of the first aircraft. The Wright Brothers wrote to Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley for advice on inventing flying machine early in their work. They later donated some of their historic aircraft to the Institution.

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

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Airplanes  Search this

Inventors  Search this

Portraits  Search this

Standard number:

A-32497-a or A32497A

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_10317