Exterior of Smiths Creek Depot at its Original Site, Smiths Creek, Michigan, April 1929
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Before moving the Grand Trunk Western Railway's Smiths Creek Depot from Smiths Creek, Michigan, to Greenfield Village in 1929, Henry Ford's agents took detailed photographs of the building. These photos helped the team reassemble the structure in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
Before moving the Grand Trunk Western Railway's Smiths Creek Depot from Smiths Creek, Michigan, to Greenfield Village in 1929, Henry Ford's agents took detailed photographs of the building. These photos helped the team reassemble the structure in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford built GTW a new depot at the original Smiths Creek site.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 April 1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
EI.1929.1827
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.375 in
Width: 10.875 in
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