Wright Cycle Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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In 1936, Henry Ford purchased the bicycle shop used by Wilbur and Orville Wright from 1897-1908. He then moved it from Dayton, Ohio, to his museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows the building in Greenfield Village in 2007. The shop was furnished to appear as it did in 1903 when the Wright brothers made their historic first flight.
In 1936, Henry Ford purchased the bicycle shop used by Wilbur and Orville Wright from 1897-1908. He then moved it from Dayton, Ohio, to his museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows the building in Greenfield Village in 2007. The shop was furnished to appear as it did in 1903 when the Wright brothers made their historic first flight.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.848
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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