Neil Armstrong at the Wright Cycle Shop in Greenfield Village, August 16, 1979
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Artifact Overview
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, posed near the Wright Cycle Shop during a 1979 visit to The Henry Ford. Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crewmates took pieces of the 1903 Wright Flyer on their 1969 mission -- to emphasize the incredible progress made in the 66 years between the Wrights' first flight and the lunar landing.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
16 August 1979
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.83588.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in
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Wilbur and Orville Wright operated their bicycle business in this building from 1897 to 1908 in Dayton, Ohio. The brothers sold and repaired bikes, and they even produced models under their own brands. It was also in this shop that the Wright brothers built their earliest flying machines, including the 1903 Flyer that became the first successful heavier-than-air, powered, controlled aircraft.
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