Wright Brothers Home and Cycle Shop, Greenfield Village, 1971
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Henry Ford acquired the Wright brothers' home and cycle shop in 1936. He then relocated the buildings from Dayton, Ohio, to his Dearborn, Michigan, museum complex. Ford placed the structures right next to each other in Greenfield Village. In Dayton, the buildings had been located a few blocks apart.
Henry Ford acquired the Wright brothers' home and cycle shop in 1936. He then relocated the buildings from Dayton, Ohio, to his Dearborn, Michigan, museum complex. Ford placed the structures right next to each other in Greenfield Village. In Dayton, the buildings had been located a few blocks apart.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
August 1971
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.59842
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Typed sheet adhered to back of image reads in part: B59842 / 051774 / THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HOME AND CYCLE SHOP / ... transplanted to / Greenfield Village from their original locations in Dayton, Ohio, / are among the many buildings associated with famous Americans now / located in this historic village. The home where Orville and Wilbur / grew up and the shop where the two brothers built the component / parts for the first airplane were reconstructed in Greenfield / Village under the supervision of Orville Wright himself. / PHOTO RELEASE ...
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