Portrait of Fiddler Cooney Perdue, 1926
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Artifact Overview
Kentuckian Cooney Perdue earned a reputation as a skilled old-time fiddler. In the 1920s, Henry Ford encouraged a revival of the 19th-century fiddle tunes and folk dances he enjoyed as a young man. Perdue did well enough at a fiddling contest sponsored by a Ford dealer in Louisville, Kentucky, to win a trip to Detroit in 1926.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 January 1926
Subject Date
20 January 1926
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1960.1.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 7.625 in
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