| NASA Center: |
Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
BicycleShop |
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| Date : |
1937
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Title
Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop
Full Description
After a brief stint in the printing business, Orville and Wilbur
Wright decided to open a bicycle shop together. After initially
only selling and repairing bicycles in Dayton, Ohio, the Wright
brothers began to make modifications on bicycles and to build
their own models. They also took custom orders from their
patrons. Still used today, their revolutionary oil-retaining
wheel hub and coaster brakes made early bicycling easier and
more comfortable. This photograph shows the Wright Cycle shop as
it looked in 1937 after being moved to the Henry Ford Museum at
Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Behind the original
shop, located at 1126 W. Third Street in Dayton, the Wrights
assembled a frame addition where they built their first
airplane.
Keywords
Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop Cycle Dayton SI 2003-11327
Subject Category
Miscellaneous-1, Aerospace-Pioneers
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
BicycleShop
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2003-00068
Source Information
- Original Source: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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