Exterior of Smiths Creek Depot at its Original Site, Smiths Creek, Michigan, April 1929

THF245354 / Exterior of Smiths Creek Depot at its Original Site, Smiths Creek, Michigan, April 1929

Artifact Overview

Before moving the Grand Trunk Western Railway's Smiths Creek Depot from Smiths Creek, Michigan, to Greenfield Village in 1929, Henry Ford's agents took detailed photographs of the building. These photos helped the team reassemble the structure in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

05 April 1929

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.1837

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: 7.375 in
Width: 10.875 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Smiths Creek Photographic prints Photographs Railroad stations Original sites Smiths Creek Depot

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Smiths Creek Depot
The Smiths Creek Depot stood on the Grand Trunk Western Railway about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan. The railroad station was a center of 19th-century small-town life. More than a place to catch a train, the depot was where customers sent and received packages and telegrams, caught up on the latest news, and shared gossip.