Marion Corwell and Charles Natzel Filming "Window to the Past" in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, 1956

THF116035 / Marion Corwell and Charles Natzel Filming "Window to the Past" in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, 1956

THF116036 / Marion Corwell and Charles Natzel Filming "Window to the Past" in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, 1956 / back

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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. Window to the Past was a 15-minute weekly series created and hosted by Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television. The February 28, 1956 episode introduced students to Thomas Edison and his famous inventions.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1956

Subject Date

28 February 1956

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization). Photographic Department

Collection Title

Marion Corwell Records

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.B.11887

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Distance learning Educating Educational television programs Buildings (Structures) Laboratories Open-air museums Television broadcasting Television in education Employees Corwell, Marion Natzel, Charles WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.) Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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