Smiths Creek Depot in Greenfield Village, September 2007

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford purchased Smiths Creek Depot from the Grand Trunk Western Railway in 1929. Thomas Edison passed the building often while working as a railroad newsboy. Originally located about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan, the depot was moved to Ford's museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan. This photo shows Smiths Creek Depot at Greenfield Village in 2007.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Digital image

Subject Date

September 2007

Creator Notes

Photographed by Michelle Andonian.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2008.171.415

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored