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- Wright Brothers Garden Shed during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September 2002 - By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- September 01, 2002
- Collections - Artifact
Wright Brothers Garden Shed during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, September 2002
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- Constructing Wright Brothers Cycle Shop and Garden Shed in Greenfield Village after Relocation, February 25, 1937 - Henry Ford relocated the Wright brothers' home and cycle shop from Dayton, Ohio, to Greenfield Village. While the buildings sat a few blocks apart in Dayton, Ford placed them side-by-side at his Dearborn, Michigan, museum complex. Orville Wright and Charlie Taylor, the mechanic who built the engine for the 1903 Wright Flyer, assisted to ensure the project's accuracy.
- February 25, 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Constructing Wright Brothers Cycle Shop and Garden Shed in Greenfield Village after Relocation, February 25, 1937
Henry Ford relocated the Wright brothers' home and cycle shop from Dayton, Ohio, to Greenfield Village. While the buildings sat a few blocks apart in Dayton, Ford placed them side-by-side at his Dearborn, Michigan, museum complex. Orville Wright and Charlie Taylor, the mechanic who built the engine for the 1903 Wright Flyer, assisted to ensure the project's accuracy.
- Wright Brothers Garden Shed - Orville and Wilbur Wright were enthusiastic photographers who took many shots of their family and friends. They also took numerous photos of their gliders and airplanes, and those images remain vital records of the airplane's invention. The brothers developed their glass plate negatives in a darkroom they built in the shed behind the family home.
- 1870-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Wright Brothers Garden Shed
Orville and Wilbur Wright were enthusiastic photographers who took many shots of their family and friends. They also took numerous photos of their gliders and airplanes, and those images remain vital records of the airplane's invention. The brothers developed their glass plate negatives in a darkroom they built in the shed behind the family home.