Steam Locomotive "Sam Hill" in Henry Ford Museum, November 1933
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The 1858 steam locomotive Sam Hill, along with a replica baggage car and two replica passenger cars representing a similar vintage, was photographed in Henry Ford Museum in 1933. Four years earlier, this train carried Henry and Clara Ford, Thomas and Mina Edison, and President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover from Detroit to Dearborn for the museum's dedication.
The 1858 steam locomotive Sam Hill, along with a replica baggage car and two replica passenger cars representing a similar vintage, was photographed in Henry Ford Museum in 1933. Four years earlier, this train carried Henry and Clara Ford, Thomas and Mina Edison, and President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover from Detroit to Dearborn for the museum's dedication.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 November 1933
Subject Date
08 November 1933
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.9678
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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