Bryant Gumbel and Douglas Fraser on the "Today" Show Broadcast from Henry Ford Museum, March 11, 1983

THF128276 / Bryant Gumbel and Douglas Fraser on the "Today" Show Broadcast from Henry Ford Museum, March 11, 1983
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Artifact Overview

NBC's Today show broadcast from the floor of the Henry Ford Museum on March 11, 1983. The show's host, Bryant Gumbel, interviewed several U.S. auto executives as well as the president of the United Auto Workers, Douglas Fraser. The museum's Hall of Technology provided a perfect backdrop for the morning news show's theme.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

11 March 1983

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.2293

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.25 in
Width: 5.25 in

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