Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 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
Souvenir
Date Made
1939-1940
Subject Date
11 February 1940
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
40.608.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.188 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on envelope under image:
OLD SAM HILL WOOD BURNING ENGINE OF 1850'S AND TRAIN--ON WHICH MR. EDISON RODE / LOANED THROUGH COURTESY OF MR. HENRY FORD FOR / THE WORLD PREMIERE / OF / METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER'S PRODUCTION / "Young Tom Edison" / STARRING / MICKEY ROOONEY / PORT HURON, MICHIGAN / SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1940
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