Orville Wright and Edwin H. Sines in Wright Cycle Shop, Dayton, Ohio, 1897
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Orville Wright, at right, works alongside friend and former schoolmate Edwin H. Sines in the Wright brothers' Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop. The Wrights' experiences building printing presses and bicycles sharpened their skills in precision machining. These talents were invaluable in their later work to build the first successful heavier-than-air, powered aircraft in 1903.
Orville Wright, at right, works alongside friend and former schoolmate Edwin H. Sines in the Wright brothers' Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop. The Wrights' experiences building printing presses and bicycles sharpened their skills in precision machining. These talents were invaluable in their later work to build the first successful heavier-than-air, powered aircraft in 1903.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
September 1897
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.22433
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in
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