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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