Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941

THF726572 / Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941

THF726573 / Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941

THF726574 / Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra Flute Section Rehearsal, January 11, 1941 / back

Artifact Overview

Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. CBS broadcasted the show live over its radio network. Members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- under the name Ford Symphony Orchestra -- played musical pieces. Flutist Carmine Coppola (center), father of Francis Ford Coppola, played with the orchestra in 1941.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

11 January 1941

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.74829.F

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10.875 in

Keywords	Photographic prints Photographs Flutes (Aerophones) Musicians Orchestras (Ensembles) Radio programs Rehearsals Ford Sunday Evening Hour (Radio program) Coppola, Carmine, 1910-1991 Ford Symphony Orchestra