Tourists in Key West, Florida with the Conch Tour Train, 1962
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The arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1912 helped turn Key West, Florida, into a popular tourist destination. After a destructive hurricane ended railroad operations in 1935, automobiles, airplanes, and cruise ships took over the tourist traffic. The rubber-tired Conch Tour Train opened in 1958 as a tribute to FEC's long-vanished Key West trains.
The arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway in 1912 helped turn Key West, Florida, into a popular tourist destination. After a destructive hurricane ended railroad operations in 1935, automobiles, airplanes, and cruise ships took over the tourist traffic. The rubber-tired Conch Tour Train opened in 1958 as a tribute to FEC's long-vanished Key West trains.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1962
Subject Date
1962
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.135.1750
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Automobile Club of Michigan.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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