Emma and Mellie Dunham Leaving Maine to Visit Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, 1925

Summary

When Henry Ford invited Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, to play at one of Ford's Dearborn dances in late 1925, Dunham's town of Norway, Maine, celebrated like never before. Stores and schools were closed, Maine's governor conducted the farewell festivities, and the citizens paraded behind Mellie. Children carried signs reading "Mellie will play and Henry will dance" and "Send him safe home Henry."

When Henry Ford invited Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, to play at one of Ford's Dearborn dances in late 1925, Dunham's town of Norway, Maine, celebrated like never before. Stores and schools were closed, Maine's governor conducted the farewell festivities, and the citizens paraded behind Mellie. Children carried signs reading "Mellie will play and Henry will dance" and "Send him safe home Henry."

Artifact

Photographic postcard

Date Made

1925

Subject Date

1925

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

89.0.543.171

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Photomechanical processes

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.5 in

Width: 5.5 in

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