Orville Wright, Charles Taylor, and Henry Ford at Drafting Table, June 1937
THF131510 / 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
Collection Title
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
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SetWright Cycle Company
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When Wilbur and Orville Wright established Wright Cycle Company in 1892, they joined a booming business. Americans loved bicycles. By 1895, over 300 manufacturers produced a combined 1.2 million bikes each year. The Wrights sold and repaired cycles and accessories. For a time, they even built bikes under their own brands. Bicycles gave the brothers the skills and resources to pursue loftier goals, and they closed Wright Cycle Company in 1908.