NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Martha-Mary Chapel in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955
THF116180 / NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Martha-Mary Chapel 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. 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
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
25 October 1955
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
S.T.2759
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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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.
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