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- "Tom and Jerry in "Touche Pussycat"" View-Master Reel, 1970-1980 -
- 1870-1980
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"Tom and Jerry in "Touche Pussycat"" View-Master Reel, 1970-1980
- Scale Model of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1939 -
- circa 1879
- Collections - Artifact
Scale Model of the Second Floor of Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1939
- Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947 - Actor Clark Gable posed with a Lincoln Continental used in his 1947 film <em>The Hucksters</em>. Automakers were always happy to have one of their cars featured prominently in a hit movie. It was terrific advertising and, before television, the only kind of mass media ad that could show a car in motion.
- 1947
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Clark Gable Stepping into His Lincoln Continental in the MGM Film "The Hucksters," 1947
Actor Clark Gable posed with a Lincoln Continental used in his 1947 film The Hucksters. Automakers were always happy to have one of their cars featured prominently in a hit movie. It was terrific advertising and, before television, the only kind of mass media ad that could show a car in motion.
- Spencer Tracy and George Meader in a Movie Still from "Edison, The Man," 1939 - 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.
- 1939
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Spencer Tracy and George Meader in a Movie Still from "Edison, The Man," 1939
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.
- 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
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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.
- Movie Poster, "Red Hot Wheels, (To Please a Lady)," 1950 - Clark Gable played a race car driver in the 1950 film <em>To Please a Lady</em>, while Barbara Stanwyck played a newspaper columnist covering the sport. Gable insisted on appearing in a racing picture soon after a 1947 visit to Indianapolis. MGM later re-released the movie, directed by Clarence Brown, under the title <em>Red Hot Wheels</em>.
- 1950
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Movie Poster, "Red Hot Wheels, (To Please a Lady)," 1950
Clark Gable played a race car driver in the 1950 film To Please a Lady, while Barbara Stanwyck played a newspaper columnist covering the sport. Gable insisted on appearing in a racing picture soon after a 1947 visit to Indianapolis. MGM later re-released the movie, directed by Clarence Brown, under the title Red Hot Wheels.
- Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 11, 1940
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Souvenir from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- 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
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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.
- Mickey Rooney and George Bancroft in a Movie Still from "Young Tom Edison," 1940 - The 1940 film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> explores the early life of the inventor. Mickey Rooney (left) stars as the teenage Thomas Edison, and George Bancroft (right) portrays Edison's father. The film recounts Edison's early experiments and attempts at invention--the disasters and triumphs. The film premiered in Port Huron, Michigan, where young Tom grew up.
- 1940
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Mickey Rooney and George Bancroft in a Movie Still from "Young Tom Edison," 1940
The 1940 film Young Tom Edison explores the early life of the inventor. Mickey Rooney (left) stars as the teenage Thomas Edison, and George Bancroft (right) portrays Edison's father. The film recounts Edison's early experiments and attempts at invention--the disasters and triumphs. The film premiered in Port Huron, Michigan, where young Tom grew up.
- Souvenirs from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940 - In February 1940, MGM premiered its film <em>Young Tom Edison</em> in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.
- February 11, 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Souvenirs from "Young Tom Edison" Movie Premiere and "Edison Days" Celebration in Port Huron, Michigan, February 10-11, 1940
In February 1940, MGM premiered its film Young Tom Edison in Edison's boyhood home of Port Huron, Michigan. The movie starred Mickey Rooney as the young inventor. Rooney and other dignitaries arrived in Port Huron on a train lent by Henry Ford. The train followed the same route traveled by Edison in his youth when he sold candy and newspapers to passengers.