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- The Print, "Dance in a Country Tavern," Offered for Sale in "The Old Print Shop Portfolio" Catalog, December 1948 - In the late 1810s, German-born Philadelphia artist John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821) depicted the people and events at a country tavern. Krimmel's richly detailed portrait holds many clues to the lives of Americans in the early republic. Printmakers created prints of this drawing years after Krimmel's death.
- December 01, 1948
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The Print, "Dance in a Country Tavern," Offered for Sale in "The Old Print Shop Portfolio" Catalog, December 1948
In the late 1810s, German-born Philadelphia artist John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821) depicted the people and events at a country tavern. Krimmel's richly detailed portrait holds many clues to the lives of Americans in the early republic. Printmakers created prints of this drawing years after Krimmel's death.
- Trade Card for the Model Clothing Co., 1880-1900 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Model Clothing Company.
- 1880-1900
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Trade Card for the Model Clothing Co., 1880-1900
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises the Model Clothing Company.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923 - 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.
- November 25, 1923
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Fiddler Jep Bisbee and Henry Ford, November 1923
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.
- 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."
- "The Fiddler Plays His Brightest Air, And Calls Aloud for All to Pair" -
- 1909
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"The Fiddler Plays His Brightest Air, And Calls Aloud for All to Pair"
- 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.