Mickey Rooney Promoting the Movie "Young Tom Edison" in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10, 1940

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Artifact Overview

In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

10 February 1940

Subject Date

10 February 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.188.27150

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Backing (Textile material)
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in