NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, July 4, 1955
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
04 July 1955
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
N.B.10041
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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