Wright Home, Original Site, Dayton, Ohio, 1904
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Artifact Overview
Though Milton and Susan Wright moved their family several times, sons Wilbur and Orville always considered this house, at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton, Ohio, to be home. Orville was born here in 1871, and sister Katharine in 1874. Wilbur died here in 1912. It was in this house that the Wright brothers began their studies in aviation.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1904
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.457.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
verso, (handwritten by Ivonette Wright Miller):
The Wright home as of 1904 at 7 Hawthorne St. Dayton, Ohio,
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