Edwin H. Sines and Orville Wright Filing Bicycle Frames at Wright Cycle Shop, Dayton, Ohio, 1897

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Artifact Overview

Orville Wright (right) was photographed alongside friend and former schoolmate Edwin H. Sines in the Wright brothers' Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop. The Wrights' experiences building printing presses and bicycles sharpened their skills in precision machining. These talents were invaluable in their later efforts to build the first successful heavier-than-air, powered aircraft in 1903.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1897

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.553

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10.00 in
Width: 8.125 in

Edwin H. Sines and Orville Wright Filing Bicycle Frames at Wright Cycle Shop, Dayton, Ohio, 1897