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- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- Marion Armstrong Presents the First Portable Superheterodyne Radio Receiver to Henry Ford Museum, September 22, 1967 - This photograph shows the first portable superheterodyne radio receiver, designed by Edwin Armstrong. Superheterodying was a major communications discovery made by Armstrong. High and low frequencies were mixed to produce powerful, selective radio waves. Following his untimely death, Edwin's wife Marion Armstrong continued to preserve his legacy; she donated this radio to The Henry Ford museum in 1967.
- September 22, 1967
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Marion Armstrong Presents the First Portable Superheterodyne Radio Receiver to Henry Ford Museum, September 22, 1967
This photograph shows the first portable superheterodyne radio receiver, designed by Edwin Armstrong. Superheterodying was a major communications discovery made by Armstrong. High and low frequencies were mixed to produce powerful, selective radio waves. Following his untimely death, Edwin's wife Marion Armstrong continued to preserve his legacy; she donated this radio to The Henry Ford museum in 1967.
- Edgar Bergen with Museum Staff at an Early Engine Club Meeting in Greenfield Village, August 20, 1966 - Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedian and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen--without his friend Charlie McCarthy--enjoyed a day at Greenfield Village in 1966.
- August 20, 1966
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Edgar Bergen with Museum Staff at an Early Engine Club Meeting in Greenfield Village, August 20, 1966
Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedian and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen--without his friend Charlie McCarthy--enjoyed a day at Greenfield Village in 1966.
- "Ford Museum WTVS Show to Feature Phonograph of Thomas Alva Edison," 1959 - 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. Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television created and hosted the first program for this collaboration, <em>Window to the Past</em>. This 15-minute weekly series showcased the museum's collections and taught students about historic people, places and events.
- April 08, 1959
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"Ford Museum WTVS Show to Feature Phonograph of Thomas Alva Edison," 1959
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. Marion Corwell, the museum's Manager of Educational Television created and hosted the first program for this collaboration, Window to the Past. This 15-minute weekly series showcased the museum's collections and taught students about historic people, places and events.
- Edgar Bergen at an Early Engine Club Meeting in Greenfield Village, August 20, 1966 - Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedian and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen--without his friend Charlie McCarthy--enjoyed a day at Greenfield Village in 1966.
- August 20, 1966
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Edgar Bergen at an Early Engine Club Meeting in Greenfield Village, August 20, 1966
Many famous individuals have visited Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Actors, authors, and artists have passed through the entrance gates; business leaders, royalty, politicians, and a host of others have toured the exhibits. Photographs by the institution's photographer were taken if the celebrity allowed it. Comedian and ventriloquist Edgar Bergen--without his friend Charlie McCarthy--enjoyed a day at Greenfield Village in 1966.