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Author:
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Subject:
Wetmore, Alexander 1886-  Search this
Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872  Search this
Newton, Walter Hughes  Search this
Robinson, Joseph Taylor 1872-1937  Search this
Moore, R. Walton  Search this
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
Delano, Frederic Adrian  Search this
Taft, William H. (William Howard) 1857-1930  Search this
Ferris, Woodbridge Nathan  Search this
Smoot, Reed 1862-1941  Search this
Board of Regents  Search this
Samuel P. Langley Gold Medal for Aerodromics  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
1927
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Original negative number is 15866 & A15866, but that negative has been lost. Featured in TORCH, September 1974. Also found in True, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Smithsonian Scientific Series I, 1929, plate 271.
Summary:
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. Standing from left to right: Alexander Wetmore (Assistant Secretary), Charles G. Abbot (Secretary), Representative Walter H. Newton, Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Representative R. Walton Moore, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Frederick A. Delano, Chief Justice William H. Taft (Chancellor). Seated from left to right: Representative Albert Johnson, Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris, Senator Reed Smoot.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95, Box 16, Folder: 21; Record Unit 371, Box 2
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Johnson, Albert  Search this
Celebrities and Dignitaries  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Rewards (Prizes, etc.)  Search this
Aeronautics--Awards  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Awards  Search this
Medals  Search this
Standard number:
2002-12171
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9617