Script for the Ford Motor Company 50th Anniversary TV Show, Broadcast June 15, 1953

THF622235 / Script for the Ford Motor Company 50th Anniversary TV Show, Broadcast June 15, 1953 / box front
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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company celebrated a half-century in business with The Ford 50th Anniversary Show, broadcast live and without commercials on both CBS and NBC on June 15, 1953. Among the show's featured personalities were Oscar Hammerstein, Edward R. Murrow, Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Marian Anderson. Henry Ford II closed the program with a special message.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Television script

Subject Date

15 June 1953

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.475.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)
Handwriting

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 8.5 in
Depth: 0.75 in

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