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- Program for a Radio Broadcast of Dance Music Played by Henry Ford's Old-Time Dance Orchestra, 1944 - From January 1944 to July 1944, a Ford-sponsored half-hour radio program, "Early American Dance Music," featured Henry Ford's Old Time Orchestra. Broadcast live from Ford Motor Company's recording studio at the Engineering Laboratory, the program achieved a fair amount of popularity--though most of it with an older audience.
- 1944
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Program for a Radio Broadcast of Dance Music Played by Henry Ford's Old-Time Dance Orchestra, 1944
From January 1944 to July 1944, a Ford-sponsored half-hour radio program, "Early American Dance Music," featured Henry Ford's Old Time Orchestra. Broadcast live from Ford Motor Company's recording studio at the Engineering Laboratory, the program achieved a fair amount of popularity--though most of it with an older audience.
- Western Electric Microphone, Model 47A, Used at WXYZ Radio Station - Western Electric produced the first commercially available condenser microphone. It was widely used in broadcast, cinema, and studio applications until the mid-1930s, when ribbon microphones were introduced. WXYZ-Radio (whose call letters were WGHP until 1930) was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, producing popular programs like The Lone Ranger and Green Hornet.
- 1928-1935
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Western Electric Microphone, Model 47A, Used at WXYZ Radio Station
Western Electric produced the first commercially available condenser microphone. It was widely used in broadcast, cinema, and studio applications until the mid-1930s, when ribbon microphones were introduced. WXYZ-Radio (whose call letters were WGHP until 1930) was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, producing popular programs like The Lone Ranger and Green Hornet.
- Henry Ford Making Radio Broadcast Supporting Herbert Hoover's Presidential Campaign, 1932 -
- October 19, 1932
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Henry Ford Making Radio Broadcast Supporting Herbert Hoover's Presidential Campaign, 1932
- Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Director, Host and Producer inside Menlo Park Laboratory, November 1963 - <em>Discovery 64</em> was a half hour children's educational show on ABC. It explored history, science, art, current events and other subjects important in a child's world. In November 1963, the show filmed three programs at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Production set up in the museum's Street of Shops and at various locations in the village including Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- November 01, 1963
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Videotaping the ABC-TV "Discovery 64" Show in Greenfield Village, Director, Host and Producer inside Menlo Park Laboratory, November 1963
Discovery 64 was a half hour children's educational show on ABC. It explored history, science, art, current events and other subjects important in a child's world. In November 1963, the show filmed three programs at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Production set up in the museum's Street of Shops and at various locations in the village including Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory.
- Filming ABC-TV's World of Discovery at Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, May 22, 1989 - In May 1989, ABC television crews filmed segments of <em>World of Discovery - Inventors: Out of their Minds</em> at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. The show linked the experiences of late 20th-century inventors with Thomas Edison's innovative work. In one of the program's final segments, museum curator John Bowditch explains Edison's greatest invention -- the research laboratory -- to a group of students.
- May 22, 1989
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Filming ABC-TV's World of Discovery at Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, May 22, 1989
In May 1989, ABC television crews filmed segments of World of Discovery - Inventors: Out of their Minds at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. The show linked the experiences of late 20th-century inventors with Thomas Edison's innovative work. In one of the program's final segments, museum curator John Bowditch explains Edison's greatest invention -- the research laboratory -- to a group of students.
- Alex Dow, President of Detroit Edison, at the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Power Plant, 1932 -
- September 04, 1932
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Alex Dow, President of Detroit Edison, at the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Street Power Plant, 1932
- Big Bird 99% for Obama Button, 2012 -
- 2012
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Big Bird 99% for Obama Button, 2012
- Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1940-May 1941 - Launched in 1934, the <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em> radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for <em>The Dearborn Independent</em>, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- June 01, 1941
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Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1940-May 1941
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for The Dearborn Independent, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1941-March 1942 - Launched in 1934, the <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em> radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for <em>The Dearborn Independent</em>, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- April 01, 1942
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Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1941-March 1942
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for The Dearborn Independent, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Racing--1989 Promo/CBC Brian Williams--Item19 - Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.
- 1989
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Bobby Unser Collection--Photographs--Racing--1989 Promo/CBC Brian Williams--Item19
Bobby Unser earned a place among automobile racing's greats, having successfully competed in nearly every form of the sport. The racing career of this three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 13-time Pikes Peak International Hill Climb winner spanned more than 30 years. This photograph -- only one of thousands donated by Bobby and Lisa Unser to The Henry Ford -- helps to document his career.