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- Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- Martha Graham Performing in "Frontier," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1935 - Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Martha Graham Performing in "Frontier," with Sets by Isamu Noguchi, 1935
Martha Graham -- considered by many to be the mother of modern dance -- and sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi were collaborators for over fifty years. Together, they produced more than eighteen original dance performances -- Noguchi as the set and prop designer and Graham as choreographer and dancer. Noguchi's spare but innovative designs paired perfectly with Graham's choreographic style.
- Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940 - The 1940 MGM film <em>Edison, the Man</em> starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Movie Still Showing Spencer Tracy in "Edison the Man," 1940
The 1940 MGM film Edison, the Man starred Spencer Tracy, but Edison's Menlo Park laboratory played a supporting role. The 1870s laboratory -- where Edison made many of his famous discoveries -- had been moved to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village in the late 1920s. With documentation provided by Greenfield Village staff, MGM built an impressive full-sized movie set of the laboratory in California.
- 1939 Chrysler Ad, "Spencer Tracy Owns a De Soto!" - Buying a car isn't just an act of necessity. A car conveys an image, and might even capture the magic of celebrity. Actor Spencer Tracy loaned his magic to DeSoto in 1938 when he posed for this ad.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
1939 Chrysler Ad, "Spencer Tracy Owns a De Soto!"
Buying a car isn't just an act of necessity. A car conveys an image, and might even capture the magic of celebrity. Actor Spencer Tracy loaned his magic to DeSoto in 1938 when he posed for this ad.