NBC "Home" Show Broadcast from Waterford General Store in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955

THF116095 / NBC "Home" Show Broadcast from Waterford General Store in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955

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

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Edison Institute Records

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)

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Negatives (Photographs) Photographs General stores Open-air museums Television broadcasting Television programs Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village J.R. Jones General Store

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