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

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,