Wright Cycle Shop in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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Artifact Overview
In 1936, Henry Ford purchased the bicycle shop used by Wilbur and Orville Wright from 1897-1908. He then moved it from Dayton, Ohio, to his museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows the building in Greenfield Village in 2007. The shop was furnished to appear as it did in 1903 when the Wright brothers made their historic first flight.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Michelle Andonian.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.854
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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Wilbur and Orville Wright operated their bicycle business in this building from 1897 to 1908 in Dayton, Ohio. The brothers sold and repaired bikes, and they even produced models under their own brands. It was also in this shop that the Wright brothers built their earliest flying machines, including the 1903 Flyer that became the first successful heavier-than-air, powered, controlled aircraft.
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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.