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- NBC "Home" Show Broadcast from Waterford General Store in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955 - On October 25, 1955, NBC broadcast three television programs -- <em>Today</em>, <em>Home,</em> and <em>Howdy Doody</em> -- live and in color from Greenfield Village. NBC's <em>Home</em> was an hour-long informational show hosted by Arlene Francis. The show focused on issues that might be important to its female daytime viewers. For this day's filming, <em>Home</em> depicted a typical day in a mid-19th-century American village.
- October 25, 1955
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NBC "Home" Show Broadcast from Waterford General Store in Greenfield Village, October 25, 1955
On October 25, 1955, NBC broadcast three television programs -- Today, Home, and Howdy Doody -- live and in color from Greenfield Village. NBC's Home was an hour-long informational show hosted by Arlene Francis. The show focused on issues that might be important to its female daytime viewers. For this day's filming, Home depicted a typical day in a mid-19th-century American village.
- The Supremes in Greenfield Village during Filming of "It's What's Happening Baby" Television Show, June 1965 -
- June 01, 1965
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The Supremes in Greenfield Village during Filming of "It's What's Happening Baby" Television Show, June 1965
- NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955 - In April 1955, NBC's <em>Today</em> show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- April 18, 1955
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NBC "Today" Show Broadcast from Greenfield Village, April 18, 1955
In April 1955, NBC's Today show came to Detroit, Michigan, to cover the automotive industry. The morning news and entertainment show originated a remote broadcast from Greenfield Village on April 18th. Staff paraded a line of vehicles -- both horse-drawn carriages and automobiles -- past the cameras. NBC reporter Dick McCutcheon and museum curator Hayward Ablewhite provided commentary.
- Filming Television Show with Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939 - Americans first experienced television in 1939, when RCA telecast the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair. Television fit the exposition's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme, and fairgoers could view manufacturer demonstrations throughout the exposition. Ford Motor Company employed the novel technology, filming shows for viewing in Ford exhibit building lounges.
- October 19, 1939
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Filming Television Show with Henry Ford's "Kitchen Sink" Engine, Ford Exposition, New York World's Fair, 1939
Americans first experienced television in 1939, when RCA telecast the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair. Television fit the exposition's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme, and fairgoers could view manufacturer demonstrations throughout the exposition. Ford Motor Company employed the novel technology, filming shows for viewing in Ford exhibit building lounges.
- "WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools" - 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, produced and hosted <em>You Name It</em> -- a half-hour quiz show. Students from grades 5 to 8 tried to identify and give the historical significance of objects from the museum's collection.
- 1959-1960
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"WTVS Channel 56 'You Name It,' 1st Semester 1959-1960, Detroit Public Schools"
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, produced and hosted You Name It -- a half-hour quiz show. Students from grades 5 to 8 tried to identify and give the historical significance of objects from the museum's collection.
- 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.
- "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Lunchbox and Thermos, 1966 - The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. <em>The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</em> was a popular television show that ran from 1964 to 1968, featuring the adventures of two secret agents working for a fictitious international agency.
- 1966
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"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Lunchbox and Thermos, 1966
The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was a popular television show that ran from 1964 to 1968, featuring the adventures of two secret agents working for a fictitious international agency.
- "Get Smart" Lunchbox, 1966 - The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. <em>Get Smart</em> was television satire of secret agent shows and movies, featuring an inept agent working for a US government counter-intelligence agency in the late 1960s.
- 1966
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"Get Smart" Lunchbox, 1966
The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. Get Smart was television satire of secret agent shows and movies, featuring an inept agent working for a US government counter-intelligence agency in the late 1960s.
- Lunchbox, Julia, 1969 - The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. <em>Julia</em> was a ground-breaking sitcom, with singer-actress Diahann Caroll the first to portray an African-American woman in a professional occupation, as a nurse, mother, and Vietnam War widow.
- 1969
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Lunchbox, Julia, 1969
The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes. Julia was a ground-breaking sitcom, with singer-actress Diahann Caroll the first to portray an African-American woman in a professional occupation, as a nurse, mother, and Vietnam War widow.
- Lunchbox & Thermos, Happy Days, 1976 - Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial lunchboxes of their favorite television shows since they were first introduced in 1950. <em>Happy Days</em>, which aired 1974-1984, presented an idealized vision of American life from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Focusing on a middle-class family living in Milwaukee, the show revolved around Richie and his friends, including the "hoodlum" Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli.
- 1976
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Lunchbox & Thermos, Happy Days, 1976
Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial lunchboxes of their favorite television shows since they were first introduced in 1950. Happy Days, which aired 1974-1984, presented an idealized vision of American life from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Focusing on a middle-class family living in Milwaukee, the show revolved around Richie and his friends, including the "hoodlum" Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli.