Greenwich Parkway Toll Station, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1960-1969

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Artifact Overview

This photograph, taken about 1958, shows the Greenwich Toll Plaza along the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut. Its rustic design was intended to blend with the scenery. The Henry Ford acquired one of the outer tollbooths for our collection in 1988.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1958

Subject Date

1960-1969

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.238.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Mounting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 12.625 in (Mount)
Width: 15.375 in (Mount)

Inscriptions

Label on lower front edge under image reads GREENWICH, PARKWAY TOLL STATION
Greenwich Parkway Toll Station, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1960-1969