NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, July 4, 1955
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The NBC Today show broadcast a remote segment from Greenfield Village on July 4, 1955, to celebrate the American songwriter Stephen Foster. Foster, who composed "Camptown Races," "Beautiful Dreamer," and other popular songs during the 19th century, was born on July 4, 1826. Television crews set up at the Stephen Foster Memorial (now Sounds of America Gallery) and in front of the paddlewheel steamboat Suwanee.
The NBC Today show broadcast a remote segment from Greenfield Village on July 4, 1955, to celebrate the American songwriter Stephen Foster. Foster, who composed "Camptown Races," "Beautiful Dreamer," and other popular songs during the 19th century, was born on July 4, 1826. Television crews set up at the Stephen Foster Memorial (now Sounds of America Gallery) and in front of the paddlewheel steamboat Suwanee.
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
04 July 1955
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Today show (Television program)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
S.T.2741
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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