President Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, Clara Bryant Ford, Thomas Edison, Mina Edison, and Henry Ford Arrive at Smiths Creek Station, October 21, 1929
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Henry and Clara Ford and their guests, Thomas and Mina Edison, and President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover, arrived at The Henry Ford's 1929 dedication ceremonies in grand fashion. They traveled from Detroit's Michigan Central Station to the Smiths Creek Depot in Greenfield Village aboard a train of replica Civil War-era passenger cars.
Henry and Clara Ford and their guests, Thomas and Mina Edison, and President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Hoover, arrived at The Henry Ford's 1929 dedication ceremonies in grand fashion. They traveled from Detroit's Michigan Central Station to the Smiths Creek Depot in Greenfield Village aboard a train of replica Civil War-era passenger cars.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
21 October 1929
Subject Date
21 October 1929
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Edison, Mina Miller, 1865-1947
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.P.O.5036
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Photographic materials
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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