Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 44, January 1926

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Artifact Overview

The press took note of Henry Ford's classical violin acquisitions during the mid-1920s. This Albany, New York, newspaper article, published in January 1926, exaggerated the price Ford paid for his centuries-old violins made by Italian masters like Antonio Stradivari. (The figure was probably closer to $100,000.) But the article clearly linked Ford's violin purchases to his interest in "old tunes and fiddlers."

Artifact Details

Artifact

Scrapbook

Date Made

January 1926

Subject Date

January 1926

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.7.44

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Newsprint

Dimensions

Height: 16 in
Width: 12 in
Depth: 3.5 in

Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 44, January 1926