Portraits of Samuel Pierpont Langley
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 73-26E
name: label: Depicted
content: Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was an astronomer, physicist, and inventor and served as secretary of the Smithsonian from 1887-1906.  Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Langley graduated from Boston High School in 1851 and sought a career in astronomy.  After touring observatories and laboratories in Europe, he was hired as an assistant at the Harvard Observatory.  Over the next two decades, Langley worked to reestablish the US Naval Academy Observatory, taught at the Western University of Pennsylvania, and acted as director of the Allegheny Observatory.  In 1886, Langley was appointed the Smithsonian's assistant secretary in charge of international exchanges, the library, and publications, under then-secretary Spencer Fullerton Baird.  Upon Baird's death, Langley succeeded him as secretary.  During his tenure, Langley helped establish the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, National Zoo, and Freer Gallery of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Negatives (glass)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1890-1906
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Transferred from the Smithsonian's central photographic laboratory in 1973.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.73-26E
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Portraits of Samuel Pierpont Langley, probably made by a Smithsonian photographer.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds records relating to Langley's time at the Smithsonian as well as the Samuel P. Langley papers (SIA RU007003).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Langley held by the National Anthropological Archives can be found in Photo Lot 70 and Photo Lot 99-41.