NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955

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

Slide (Photograph)

Subject Date

18 April 1955

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Photographs

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

S.T.645

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in

Inscriptions

KODACHROME / TRANSPARENCY

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Slides (Photographs) Photographs Curators Today show (Television program) Ablewhite, H. S. (Hayward S.), 1887-1964 McCutcheon, Dick Schwartz, Ken (Kenneth C.) Rochon, Mark Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village 999 (Racing car) Film crews Open-air museums Presidential automobiles Racing cars Television broadcasting Television programs