Steam Locomotive "Sam Hill" in Greenfield Village, October 1929

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Artifact Overview

The 1858 steam locomotive Sam Hill, together with a replica baggage car and two replica passenger cars built to resemble equipment of the same era, was photographed in Greenfield Village in 1929. The baggage car was lettered for the Chicago, Detroit & Canada Grand Trunk Junction Railroad, on which a young Thomas Edison once old newspapers to passengers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

14 October 1929

Subject Date

14 October 1929

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.188.1205

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: 11 in