DeWitt Clinton Train Replica at Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
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The New York Central Railroad built a promotional operating replica of the DeWitt Clinton for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The original locomotive was built in 1831 and operated on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, an NYC predecessor. Henry Ford acquired the replica, shown here at Ford Motor Company's 1939-40 New York World's Fair exhibition, in 1935.
The New York Central Railroad built a promotional operating replica of the DeWitt Clinton for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The original locomotive was built in 1831 and operated on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, an NYC predecessor. Henry Ford acquired the replica, shown here at Ford Motor Company's 1939-40 New York World's Fair exhibition, in 1935.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 May 1939
Keywords
United States, New York, New York, Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.232.1524
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
Inscriptions
Verso: 136
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