Record Album, "Records of Early American Dances as Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford," circa 1945
THF155023 / Record Album, "Records of Early American Dances as Revived by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford," circa 1945
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford led a nationwide revival of country fiddling and old-fashioned dancing during the mid-1920s. Ford organized an "Old Time Orchestra" to provide music as dancing master Benjamin Lovett taught Ford's friends, business associates, and local schoolchildren the dances of Ford's 19th century rural youth. The orchestra's recordings of "Early American Dances," complete with dance instruction, were still being sold decades later.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Phonograph record
Date Made
circa 1945
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Performed by Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orchestra and manufactured by the Ford Motor Company Engineering Department, Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford's dancing instructor of many years, Benjamin Lovett was the caller on a number of the selections.
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.668.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Condensite (Plastic)
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 in
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Henry Ford loved music-especially the fiddle tunes he enjoyed at the country dances of his youth. As a young man, Ford bought this inexpensive fiddle and learned to play it a bit. Though he was never able to play as well as he would have wished, Ford's love of the fiddle and rural dance music remained with him throughout his life.