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- Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941 - Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. CBS broadcasted the show live over its radio network. Members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- under the name Ford Symphony Orchestra -- played musical pieces. Flutist Carmine Coppola (center), father of Francis Ford Coppola, played with the orchestra in 1941.
- January 11, 1941
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Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. CBS broadcasted the show live over its radio network. Members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- under the name Ford Symphony Orchestra -- played musical pieces. Flutist Carmine Coppola (center), father of Francis Ford Coppola, played with the orchestra in 1941.
- Nighttime Lighting Rehearsal at Menlo Park Laboratory, Preparing for Light's Golden Jubilee, October 18, 1929 - Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp and officially dedicate the Edison Institute of Technology (Ford's village and museum in Dearborn, Michigan) to his dear friend, Thomas Edison. This photograph shows a nighttime lighting rehearsal in preparation for the gala on October 21, 1929.
- October 18, 1929
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Nighttime Lighting Rehearsal at Menlo Park Laboratory, Preparing for Light's Golden Jubilee, October 18, 1929
Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp and officially dedicate the Edison Institute of Technology (Ford's village and museum in Dearborn, Michigan) to his dear friend, Thomas Edison. This photograph shows a nighttime lighting rehearsal in preparation for the gala on October 21, 1929.