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
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.27151
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: 3.563 in
Width: 4.5 in
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