NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
THF116080 / NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
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Artifact Overview
In April 1955, NBC's Today show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
18 April 1955
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
N.B.9481
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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