Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923

THF719334 / Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford loved Jep Bisbee's fiddling--it was a pleasant reminder of the country dancing of Ford's rural youth. In November 1923, Bisbee, with his daughter Beulah and son Earl, played music at Ford's childhood home, which Ford had lovingly restored to its 1870s appearance. Ford later recalled that Bisbee's music inspired the industrialist to revive the dances of his youth.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

25 November 1923

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.1661

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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Dearborn Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Farmhouses Fiddlers Heating stoves Musicians Organs (Musical instruments) Bisbee, Jasper E. (Jep), 1843-1935 Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford Home (Dearborn, Mich.)

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