Script for "Window to the Past" Television Show Filmed in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, February 28, 1956

THF116031 / Script for "Window to the Past" Television Show Filmed in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, February 28, 1956

THF116032 / Script for "Window to the Past" Television Show Filmed in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, February 28, 1956 / page 2

THF116033 / Script for "Window to the Past" Television Show Filmed in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, February 28, 1956 / page 3

THF116034 / Script for "Window to the Past" Television Show Filmed in Menlo Park Laboratory, Greenfield Village, February 28, 1956 / page 4

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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

Script (Document)

Date Made

1956

Subject Date

28 February 1956

Creators

Henry Ford (Organization)

Collection Title

Marion Corwell Records

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.147.24

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Scripts (Documents) Educational television programs Inventions Open-air museums Television broadcasting Television in education Television production and direction Corwell, Marion Natzel, Charles Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.) Menlo Park Laboratory (Dearborn, Mich.)

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