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- Wright Home--People and Flight--Item1 - 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.
- October 27, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Wright Home--People and Flight--Item1
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.
- Orville Wright and Henry Ford with Greenfield Village Architect Edward Cutler in Dayton, Ohio, October 1936 - Henry Ford admired brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. They were all sons of the Midwest (Ford from Michigan, the Wrights from Ohio) who achieved great success in the early 20th century. After Ford purchased the Wrights' home and cycle shop in 1936, Orville Wright helped him locate original family furnishings, books and equipment to outfit the buildings.
- October 27, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Orville Wright and Henry Ford with Greenfield Village Architect Edward Cutler in Dayton, Ohio, October 1936
Henry Ford admired brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. They were all sons of the Midwest (Ford from Michigan, the Wrights from Ohio) who achieved great success in the early 20th century. After Ford purchased the Wrights' home and cycle shop in 1936, Orville Wright helped him locate original family furnishings, books and equipment to outfit the buildings.