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)

NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, July 4, 1955