ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show Filming at Elias A. Brown General Store in Greenfield Village, November 1963
THF116110 / ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show Filming at Elias A. Brown General Store in Greenfield Village, November 1963
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Artifact Overview
Discovery 64 was a half hour children's educational show on ABC. It explored history, science, art, current events and other subjects important in a child's world. In November 1963, the show filmed three programs at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Production set up in the museum's Street of Shops and at various locations in the village including Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
November 1963
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
N.B.34608
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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James R. Jones was one of nine different proprietors who operated a general merchandise store in this building between 1857 and 1927. From 1882 to 1888, Jones sold products like coffee, sugar, fabric, and shoes. He also boasted the first telephone in town. General stores were organized shopping spaces. Long shelves with groupings of similar products lined each side.