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- Wood and Fabric Sample from the 1903 Wright Flyer - Orville Wright presented these samples of fabric and wood, from the 1903 Wright Flyer, to Henry Ford in 1936. Ford was in the process of acquiring the Wright brothers' home and bicycle shop for Greenfield Village. Pieces of the Wright Flyer became important symbols. The Apollo 11 astronauts carried some during the first manned Moon landing in 1969.
- December 17, 1903
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Wood and Fabric Sample from the 1903 Wright Flyer
Orville Wright presented these samples of fabric and wood, from the 1903 Wright Flyer, to Henry Ford in 1936. Ford was in the process of acquiring the Wright brothers' home and bicycle shop for Greenfield Village. Pieces of the Wright Flyer became important symbols. The Apollo 11 astronauts carried some during the first manned Moon landing in 1969.
- Paper Rolls, 1914-1915 -
- 1914-1915
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Paper Rolls, 1914-1915
- 1933 Willys Drag Racer - When machinist George Montgomery started racing in 1953, all drag racers were amateurs with "real jobs" supporting their hobby. This car helped change all that. Montgomery bought an old Willys in 1958 and built a dragster so successful that promoters started paying him to run at drag strips nationwide. In 1966, Montgomery became one of drag racing's first full-time professional drivers.
- 1933
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1933 Willys Drag Racer
When machinist George Montgomery started racing in 1953, all drag racers were amateurs with "real jobs" supporting their hobby. This car helped change all that. Montgomery bought an old Willys in 1958 and built a dragster so successful that promoters started paying him to run at drag strips nationwide. In 1966, Montgomery became one of drag racing's first full-time professional drivers.
- Triopeptine Tablets, 1906-1918 - Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- 1906-1918
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Triopeptine Tablets, 1906-1918
Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs promised cures with patent medicines. Some of these concoctions, however, contained harmful ingredients or ingredients used in unsafe quantities -- the industry was unregulated and manufacturers were secretive about their recipes. Beginning with the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, national legislation increasingly prohibited misleading health claims and required manufacturers to list their product's contents.
- Dayton Camera Shop Photo Envelope, January 23, 1919 -
- January 23, 1919
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Dayton Camera Shop Photo Envelope, January 23, 1919
- Model of a Vacuum Rotor Engine, 1925-1929 -
- 1925-1929
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Model of a Vacuum Rotor Engine, 1925-1929
- "Meter-Ice" Coin Operated Refrigerator Meter, 1935-1945 -
- 1935-1945
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"Meter-Ice" Coin Operated Refrigerator Meter, 1935-1945
- Huffman Manufacturing Company Catalog, "Huffy Outdoor Power Equipment," 1972 - With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- 1972
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Huffman Manufacturing Company Catalog, "Huffy Outdoor Power Equipment," 1972
With the rise of the suburban neighborhood at the end of the 19th century, and its explosive growth in the years that followed World War II, maintaining a "perfect" lawn became the new standard. Manufacturers promoted a whole set of specialty equipment to support this American obsession.
- Front View of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920 - The Dayton-Wright RB-1 was built for speed. Designers Howard Rinehart and Milton Baumann gave the innovative airplane an enclosed cockpit, a single cantilevered wing with adjustable flaps, and retractable landing gear. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race piloting the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
- August 01, 1920
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Front View of the Dayton Wright RB-1 Racer, August 1920
The Dayton-Wright RB-1 was built for speed. Designers Howard Rinehart and Milton Baumann gave the innovative airplane an enclosed cockpit, a single cantilevered wing with adjustable flaps, and retractable landing gear. Rinehart hoped to win the 1920 Gordon Bennett Air Race piloting the RB-1, but a failed control cable forced him out of the competition.
- Book Used by the Wright Family, "Discourses on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects," 1859 - Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. Wright was a Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, so it's not surprising that religious studies, hymnals, and rhetoric guides were among his volumes. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.
- 1859
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Book Used by the Wright Family, "Discourses on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects," 1859
Milton Wright maintained an extensive library in his Dayton, Ohio, home. Wright was a Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, so it's not surprising that religious studies, hymnals, and rhetoric guides were among his volumes. Wright's sons, Wilbur and Orville, used the bishop's books on physics and ornithology to start their research on the problem of human flight.