Smiths Creek Depot at its Original Site, Smiths Creek, Michigan, 1929
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This photograph shows the Smiths Creek Depot in its original location on the Grand Trunk Western Railway, about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan. Thomas Edison passed by this building regularly while working as a newsboy on GTW's Port Huron-Detroit run. In the 19th century, the railroad station was a center of small-town American life.
This photograph shows the Smiths Creek Depot in its original location on the Grand Trunk Western Railway, about nine miles southwest of Port Huron, Michigan. Thomas Edison passed by this building regularly while working as a newsboy on GTW's Port Huron-Detroit run. In the 19th century, the railroad station was a center of small-town American life.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
15 March 1929
Subject Date
15 March 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.250
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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