New Smiths Creek Depot, Built on the Site of the Original, March 1944

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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

Subject Date

14 March 1944

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.71885

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

New Smiths Creek Depot, Built on the Site of the Original, March 1944