Grand Trunk Depot Where Thomas Edison Learned Telegraphy, Mount Clemens, Michigan, 1859
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Artifact Overview
During a stop at this depot in 1862, a Grand Trunk Western Railroad newsboy and candy salesman rescued the son of station agent J.U. Mackenzie from an oncoming boxcar. In gratitude, Mackenzie taught him railroad telegraphy. The boy was Thomas Edison, who became a celebrated American inventor. Some of his early work was based on telegraph technology.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1859
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.3.9498
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 12 in
Width: 19.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed at bottom edge: GRAND TRUNK DEPOT Mt Clemens 185[9?]
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