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Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

Comeing [i.e. coming] home from the Third Regiment Looking at the turk...

Top photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a Union soldier at a log barricade; bottom photograph shows Larkin Goldsmith Mead holding a turkey at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

LANGLEY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Virginia The ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Silhouetted again...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...

Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Servicing [an] A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Virginia

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NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of p...

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Union spy at Camp Griffin, 1861

Photograph shows Union soldier on horseback at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattlebor... More

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMEN...

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

CURTISS AIRPLANE. KIRKHAM TRIPLANE. LANGLEY FIELD

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

BOATWRIGHT, W.T. CAPT., U.S.A. ARTILLERY. LANGLEY FIELD

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YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Top-notch perform...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Two members of a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Fire & Rescue Station, Intersection of ...

Significance: The U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 ; due to the crucial role it played in the Nation's defense during the twentieth century and the calamitous... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 14. Title d... More

Mary Langley Bruce, seated with her Griffon Bruxellois, "Cupid"

A woman sitting on a chair holding a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LANGLEY - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

LANGLEY, JOHN W. HONORABLE. WITH CHILD

A black and white photo of a man and a boy. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMENT...

A black and white photo of an old airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. Gene... More

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. MEMORIAL T...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John W. Langley - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The soldier-mecha...

Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lawrence Burns - Doffer - 14 years. Pocasset Mills. 43 Langley St. Eye...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Tenement Building "E", Langley Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

See also HABS IL-173 for other related documentation. Survey number: HABS IL-1111 Building/structure dates: 1881-1882 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1973 Demolished

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

[Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 33. Title d... More

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Letter from Samuel P. Langley to Mabel Hubbard Bell, September 1

Langley Airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the attempted flight of the aircraft the Langley Aerodrome, on October 7, 1903, which ended when it fell into the water upon launch. The aircraft was designed by Smithsonian Institution Secreta... More

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMENT...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a biplane aircraft, pilot, aviator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT. SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE. EXPERIMENT...

Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia FRENCH NIEUPORT PLANE, TYPE 17, WITH CAPT. J.C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jno. W. Langley of Ky., 3/7/24 - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of t...

A group of people standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The engines of th...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Statue to William Donovan, director of the C.I.A predecessor agency, a...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Aerial view of CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

LANGLEY FIELD, Virginia CURTIS JN4D PLANE, WITH USUAL PROPELLER AND AC...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Interior view of the long air return passage in the 16-foot transonic ...

Photo shows a multiple exposure with the photographer, William P. Taub, standing in the wind tunnel. No. 69590. Typed on verso: Courtesy, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1951. From the Collections... More

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. Skilled soldier-m...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley Field, Virginia. The massiveness of a YB-17 bomber is well sho...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Important busines...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The men who "keep...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley, Virginia. The profile of a YB-17 ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. Alert, capable me...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...

Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Assembly & Repair Shop, Between Enter...

Significance: This multiple-section, multiple-function building was the biggest and one of the most significant structures on the station during World War II. The central function of the station during this pe... More

Adelphi Mill, Adelphi Mill Recreation Center, State Route 212, Langley...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Sophia's Dairy, Pulaski Highway vicinity, Belcamp, Harford County, MD

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11, FN-12 Survey number: HABS MD-8 Building/structure dates: 1768 Initial Construction

Tenement Building "E", Langley Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

See also HABS IL-173 for other related documentation. Survey number: HABS IL-1111 Building/structure dates: 1881-1882 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1973 Demolished

Letter from Alexander Graham Bell to Samuel P. Langley, January 28, 19...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More