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- 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.
- 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.
- Hayward S. Ablewhite, 1954 - Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Hayward S. Ablewhite graduated from Kenyon College's Episcopal Seminary in 1915. He held various roles in the church before he joined Ford Motor Company's Sociological Department in 1930. Following the department's dissolution in 1948, Ablewhite was appointed director of interpretation at what today is Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
- 1954
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Hayward S. Ablewhite, 1954
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Hayward S. Ablewhite graduated from Kenyon College's Episcopal Seminary in 1915. He held various roles in the church before he joined Ford Motor Company's Sociological Department in 1930. Following the department's dissolution in 1948, Ablewhite was appointed director of interpretation at what today is Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.
- Staff at Opening of the Exhibit, "Henry Ford: A Personal History," in Henry Ford Museum, May 1953 - Henry Ford himself was the focus of <EM>Henry Ford: A Personal History</EM>. Opened in 1953 during Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary, the exhibit included artifacts like Westinghouse steam engine No. 345, the fifteen millionth Model T, and a re-creation of Ford's Highland Park office using original furnishings. It was among the museum's first major additions after Ford's death in 1947.
- May 07, 1953
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Staff at Opening of the Exhibit, "Henry Ford: A Personal History," in Henry Ford Museum, May 1953
Henry Ford himself was the focus of Henry Ford: A Personal History. Opened in 1953 during Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary, the exhibit included artifacts like Westinghouse steam engine No. 345, the fifteen millionth Model T, and a re-creation of Ford's Highland Park office using original furnishings. It was among the museum's first major additions after Ford's death in 1947.
- 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.
- Henry Ford Museum Staff Studying Early Music Manuscripts, 1951 -
- 1951
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Henry Ford Museum Staff Studying Early Music Manuscripts, 1951
- Hayward Ablewhite and Charles Brady King with Miniature Steam Engines in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1951 - Charles Brady King (right) built and drove the first automobile in Detroit in March 1896, three months before Henry Ford finished his Quadricycle. Many years later, King gifted a collection of model steam engines to Ford's museum. King was photographed with Hayward Ablewhite, the museum's director of interpretation, at the time of the donation.
- circa 1951
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Hayward Ablewhite and Charles Brady King with Miniature Steam Engines in Henry Ford Museum, circa 1951
Charles Brady King (right) built and drove the first automobile in Detroit in March 1896, three months before Henry Ford finished his Quadricycle. Many years later, King gifted a collection of model steam engines to Ford's museum. King was photographed with Hayward Ablewhite, the museum's director of interpretation, at the time of the donation.
- Truck Carrying "Industrial Progress U.S.A." Traveling Exhibit, June 1955 - The Henry Ford produced <em>Industrial Progress, U.S.A.</em>, in the early 1950s. The traveling exhibit featured several artifacts from the museum's holdings in 20 displays. <em>Industrial Progress, U.S.A.</em>, increased national recognition of The Henry Ford and its collections as it visited larger American cities with populations over 100,000.
- June 13, 1955
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Truck Carrying "Industrial Progress U.S.A." Traveling Exhibit, June 1955
The Henry Ford produced Industrial Progress, U.S.A., in the early 1950s. The traveling exhibit featured several artifacts from the museum's holdings in 20 displays. Industrial Progress, U.S.A., increased national recognition of The Henry Ford and its collections as it visited larger American cities with populations over 100,000.