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- Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 42, November-December 1925 - Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles about Henry Ford's interest in reviving fiddling and traditional American dance. At Ford-inspired "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. People in various parts of the country, including Michigan, joined in.
- November 1925-December 1925
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Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 42, November-December 1925
Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles about Henry Ford's interest in reviving fiddling and traditional American dance. At Ford-inspired "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. People in various parts of the country, including Michigan, joined in.
- Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 43, December 1925-January 1926 - Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles about Henry Ford's interest in reviving fiddling and traditional American dance. At Ford-inspired "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. People in various parts of the country, including Michigan, joined in.
- December 1925-January 1926
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Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 43, December 1925-January 1926
Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles about Henry Ford's interest in reviving fiddling and traditional American dance. At Ford-inspired "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. People in various parts of the country, including Michigan, joined in.
- Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 46, February-March 1926 - Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles relating to Henry Ford's interest in reviving "old time" fiddling. People in various parts of the country joined in, organizing fiddling contests. Henry Ford provided a trophy for the winner of the North Atlantic States fiddling competition held in Boston in March 1926.
- February 1926-March 1926
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Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 46, February-March 1926
Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles relating to Henry Ford's interest in reviving "old time" fiddling. People in various parts of the country joined in, organizing fiddling contests. Henry Ford provided a trophy for the winner of the North Atlantic States fiddling competition held in Boston in March 1926.
- Portrait of Fiddler Cooney Perdue, 1926 - 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.
- January 20, 1926
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Portrait of Fiddler Cooney Perdue, 1926
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.
- Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 44, January 1926 - 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."
- January 01, 1926
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Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 44, January 1926
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."
- Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 45, January-February 1926 - Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles relating to Henry Ford's interest in reviving "old time" fiddling and traditional American dance. People in various parts of the country joined in, organizing events. At "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. Other groups sponsored "old-fashioned" dances.
- January 1926-February 1926
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Ford Motor Company Clipping Book, Volume 45, January-February 1926
Ford Motor Company kept scrapbooks of newspaper articles about Ford Motor Company and Henry Ford's activities. This volume contains articles relating to Henry Ford's interest in reviving "old time" fiddling and traditional American dance. People in various parts of the country joined in, organizing events. At "old time fiddler" contests, fiddlers vied for the title of champion fiddler. Other groups sponsored "old-fashioned" dances.
- Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926 - Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's <em>Barn Dance</em> -- soon renamed the <em>Grand Ole Opry</em>.
- January 20, 1926
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Portrait of Fiddler "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson, January 1926
Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson began playing fiddle as a boy in Texas. Later in life he competed in fiddling contests, including one sponsored by a Kentucky Ford dealer in 1926. Thompson's most notable performance was in Nashville on November 28, 1925, when he became the first artist featured on WSM radio's Barn Dance -- soon renamed the Grand Ole Opry.