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Program for a Radio Broadcast of Dance Music Played by Henry Ford's Old-Time Dance Orchestra, 1944

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Artifact Overview

From January 1944 to July 1944, a Ford-sponsored half-hour radio program, "Early American Dance Music," featured Henry Ford's Old Time Orchestra. Broadcast live from Ford Motor Company's recording studio at the Engineering Laboratory, the program achieved a fair amount of popularity--though most of it with an older audience.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1944

Creators

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.O.14104

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in

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