Wright Cycle Shop, Dayton, Ohio, 1910-1911
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Wilbur and Orville Wright operated their bicycle business in this building, at 1127 West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio, from 1897 to 1908. They formed the Wright Company to manufacture airplanes in 1909 and settled into a new factory. But the Wrights continued to lease the West Third shop until 1916, using it for office space and experimental work.
Wilbur and Orville Wright operated their bicycle business in this building, at 1127 West Third Street in Dayton, Ohio, from 1897 to 1908. They formed the Wright Company to manufacture airplanes in 1909 and settled into a new factory. But the Wrights continued to lease the West Third shop until 1916, using it for office space and experimental work.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1910-1911
Keywords
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2021.47.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jim Johnson.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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