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Folk Fiddle, 1850-1920
- 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.
- Book, "Mellie Dunham's 50 Fiddlin' Dance Tunes," 1926 - Fiddler Mellie Dunham's fame as a Henry Ford favorite garnered him enormous publicity--and he took full advantage of it. After playing for Ford, Dunham took a train to New York, where he signed a $500-a-week contract with the Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit. He played throughout the United States and Canada for seventeen months. Dunham also published this 1926 book of "Fiddlin' Dance Tunes."
- 1926
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Book, "Mellie Dunham's 50 Fiddlin' Dance Tunes," 1926
Fiddler Mellie Dunham's fame as a Henry Ford favorite garnered him enormous publicity--and he took full advantage of it. After playing for Ford, Dunham took a train to New York, where he signed a $500-a-week contract with the Keith-Albee vaudeville circuit. He played throughout the United States and Canada for seventeen months. Dunham also published this 1926 book of "Fiddlin' Dance Tunes."