Neil Armstrong Visiting Greenfield Village, August 16, 1979
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Artifact Overview
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon, rode a bicycle around Greenfield Village during a 1979 visit. Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crewmates took pieces of the 1903 Wright Flyer on their 1969 mission -- to emphasize the incredible progress made in the 66 years between the Wright brothers' first flight and the lunar landing.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
16 August 1979
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.N.B.83589.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in
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Tintypes were a popular type of mid-1800s "wet-plate" photography. This studio was built in 1929 in Greenfield Village and a tintypist and Ford Motor Company employee, Charles Tremear, was hired to create tintypes for Greenfield Village visitors. In this studio, in addition to Village visitors, Tremear made portraits of many celebrities, including Thomas Edison, Joe Louis and Walt Disney.