Dismantling Smiths Creek Depot for Relocation to Greenfield Village, April 1929

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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 Greenfield Village museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

17 April 1929

Subject Date

17 April 1929

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.296

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 10.875 in

Dismantling Smiths Creek Depot for Relocation to Greenfield Village, April 1929