Wright Home--People and Flight--Item1

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Artifact Overview

Henry and Edsel Ford flank Orville Wright (center) in this 1936 photo taken at Hawthorn Hill, Wright's home outside Dayton, Ohio. The Fords were in the middle of negotiations to acquire the original Wright home (then located at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton) and cycle shop for inclusion in Greenfield Village, Henry Ford's open-air museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 October 1936

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.188.18055

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in
Width: 10.188 in