Benson Ford at Smiths Creek Depot Before Its Relocation to Greenfield Village, April 1929
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Henry Ford purchased the Grand Trunk Western Railway's Smiths Creek Depot in 1929. Thomas Edison passed by it regularly while working as a railroad newsboy. Ford's grandsons, Henry Ford II and Benson Ford, posed for photos at the depot before it was moved to Greenfield Village. Henry Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
Henry Ford purchased the Grand Trunk Western Railway's Smiths Creek Depot in 1929. Thomas Edison passed by it regularly while working as a railroad newsboy. Ford's grandsons, Henry Ford II and Benson Ford, posed for photos at the depot before it was moved to Greenfield Village. Henry Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 April 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.1983
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.000 in
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