Walter Tuohy, William Clay Ford and Donald Shelley with Girl Scouts at the Allegheny Locomotive Presentation, Greenfield Village, July 1956

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Artifact Overview

On July 9, 1956, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) officially presented Henry Ford Museum with a gift--the Allegheny, a 1,200,000-pound steam locomotive. It towers at right behind Walter Tuohy, president of C&O, a group of visiting Senior Girl Scouts, and Donald Shelley and William Clay Ford, executive director and president of Henry Ford Museum.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

09 July 1956

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.B.12906

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in