"WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools"

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Artifact Overview

Beginning in the 1950s, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village partnered with WTVS, Detroit's local educational television station, to bring American history into the classroom. Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television, produced and hosted You Name It -- a half-hour quiz show. Students from grades 5 to 8 tried to identify and give the historical significance of objects from the museum's collection.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Brochure

Date Made

1959

Subject Date

1959-1960

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.147.21

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Typewriting

Color

Tan (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 5.625 in

"WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools"