NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Martha-Mary Chapel in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955

THF116101 / NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Martha-Mary Chapel 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. The morning started off with the Today show airing services from Martha-Mary Chapel. Services needed to be performed three separate times to reach the show's viewers scattered over different time zones.

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.11077

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 Chapels Open-air museums Television broadcasting Television programs School children Performances (Creative events) Today show (Television program) Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Martha-Mary Chapel (Dearborn, Mich.) Edison Institute Schools

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Martha-Mary Chapel
Churches were a center of community life in the 1700s, a place where townspeople came together to attend services and socialize. The Martha-Mary Chapel, with its architecture inspired by New England's colonial-era churches, was built in Greenfield Village in 1929. This chapel was named after Henry Ford's mother, Mary Litogot Ford, and his mother-in-law, Martha Bench Bryant.