Orville Wright, Charles Taylor, and Henry Ford at Drafting Table, June 1937

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford (right) acquired the Wright brothers' home and cycle shop and relocated them from Dayton, Ohio, to Dearborn, Michigan. Orville Wright (left) and Charles Taylor consulted on the project to ensure that the buildings were accurately presented in Ford's Greenfield Village. The Wrights had hired Taylor in 1901 to help in the cycle shop.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

26 June 1937

Subject Date

26 June 1937

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.188.21014

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Orville Wright, Charles Taylor, and Henry Ford at Drafting Table, June 1937