NBC "Home" Show Broadcast from Waterford General Store in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955
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Artifact Overview
On October 25, 1955, NBC broadcast three television programs -- Today, Home, and Howdy Doody -- live and in color from Greenfield Village. NBC's Home was an hour-long informational show hosted by Arlene Francis. The show focused on issues that might be important to its female daytime viewers. For this day's filming, Home depicted a typical day in a mid-19th-century American village.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
25 October 1955
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
N.B.11059
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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