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- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing a Vidicon Television Camera Tube, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Here he presents a Vidicon camera tube, to be donated to the museum. Vidicon tubes allowed bulky, expensive broadcast television cameras to become smaller and cheaper beginning in the 1950s. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history.
- Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958 -
- April 30, 1958
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Dr. Vladimir Zworykin Showing Donald Shelley a Portable Television Camera, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958
- 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.
- "Writers Guild of America On Strike" Sign, 2023 -
- May 2023-June 2023
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"Writers Guild of America On Strike" Sign, 2023
- 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.
- "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.
- 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 "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.
- Application Form for Charter Membership in The Muppet Show Fan Club, circa 1977 - Jim Henson's Muppets experienced their greatest fame on TV, with <em>The Muppet Show</em> (1976 to 1981). The show introduced millions to Henson's unique blend of humor and imagination. When the second season started, viewers could join a fan club for the popular TV show and receive an official membership kit through the mail, which included this application form.
- circa 1977
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Application Form for Charter Membership in The Muppet Show Fan Club, circa 1977
Jim Henson's Muppets experienced their greatest fame on TV, with The Muppet Show (1976 to 1981). The show introduced millions to Henson's unique blend of humor and imagination. When the second season started, viewers could join a fan club for the popular TV show and receive an official membership kit through the mail, which included this application form.
- "With Love From The Muppets," circa 1978 - Jim Henson's Muppets experienced their greatest fame on TV, with <em>The Muppet Show</em> (1976 to 1981). The show introduced millions to Henson's unique blend of humor and imagination. When the second season started, viewers could join a fan club for the popular TV show and receive an official membership kit through the mail, which included this photographic print.
- circa 1978
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"With Love From The Muppets," circa 1978
Jim Henson's Muppets experienced their greatest fame on TV, with The Muppet Show (1976 to 1981). The show introduced millions to Henson's unique blend of humor and imagination. When the second season started, viewers could join a fan club for the popular TV show and receive an official membership kit through the mail, which included this photographic print.