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- Soloist Rose Bampton Performing on the "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" Program, December 16, 1945 -
- December 16, 1945
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Soloist Rose Bampton Performing on the "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" Program, December 16, 1945
- List of Ford Symphony Orchestra Members for the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Radio Broadcast, 1941-1942 - Launched in 1934, the <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em> radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. The show was performed live and broadcast over the CBS radio network. Seventy-five members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- under the name Ford Symphony Orchestra -- played musical pieces. This list contains names of musicians for the 1941-42 season.
- 1941-1942
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List of Ford Symphony Orchestra Members for the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Radio Broadcast, 1941-1942
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. The show was performed live and broadcast over the CBS radio network. Seventy-five members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra -- under the name Ford Symphony Orchestra -- played musical pieces. This list contains names of musicians for the 1941-42 season.
- Program for the First "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" Radio Broadcast, October 7, 1934 -
- October 07, 1934
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Program for the First "Ford Sunday Evening Hour" Radio Broadcast, October 7, 1934
- Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1940-May 1941 - Launched in 1934, the <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em> radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for <em>The Dearborn Independent</em>, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- June 01, 1941
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Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1940-May 1941
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for The Dearborn Independent, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1941-March 1942 - Launched in 1934, the <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em> radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for <em>The Dearborn Independent</em>, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- April 01, 1942
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Talks Given on The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, September 1941-March 1942
Launched in 1934, the Ford Sunday Evening Hour radio program featured classical music, guest soloists and conductors, and a weekly talk during intermission. Henry Ford asked his friend and advisor William J. Cameron to write and deliver these messages. Cameron, who composed the anti-Semitic articles for The Dearborn Independent, now peddled softer populist views--avoiding extremes and any direct attacks on politicians, ethnic groups, or Wall Street financiers.
- Martha-Mary Chapel the Day of Thomas Edison's Memorial Service, Greenfield Village, October 21, 1931 - On October 21, 1931, school children from Greenfield Village and members of Henry Ford's staff gathered at the Martha-Mary Chapel for a memorial service remembering Thomas Edison. Edison had passed away three days earlier. The simple service included several of Edison's favorite hymns. An impromptu song service was held afterwards--conducted by radio personality Seth Parker who happened to be visiting at the time.
- October 21, 1931
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Martha-Mary Chapel the Day of Thomas Edison's Memorial Service, Greenfield Village, October 21, 1931
On October 21, 1931, school children from Greenfield Village and members of Henry Ford's staff gathered at the Martha-Mary Chapel for a memorial service remembering Thomas Edison. Edison had passed away three days earlier. The simple service included several of Edison's favorite hymns. An impromptu song service was held afterwards--conducted by radio personality Seth Parker who happened to be visiting at the time.
- Tape Recording Featuring Radio Programs "Folk Weekend" (WETA) and "Summer Solstice," 1977-1982 - The transformative effects of magnetic tape upon sound, broadcast, and computing history cannot be overstated. In 1930, German companies AEG and BASF revised wire recording technology by using a new material: plastic tape coated with magnetic iron pigment. Its proposed applications were varied, idealistic and practical: recording music and radio, factory automation, data storage, media lending libraries, and many others.
- 1977-1982
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Tape Recording Featuring Radio Programs "Folk Weekend" (WETA) and "Summer Solstice," 1977-1982
The transformative effects of magnetic tape upon sound, broadcast, and computing history cannot be overstated. In 1930, German companies AEG and BASF revised wire recording technology by using a new material: plastic tape coated with magnetic iron pigment. Its proposed applications were varied, idealistic and practical: recording music and radio, factory automation, data storage, media lending libraries, and many others.
- Edsel Ford with Actors from the "Seth Parker" Radio Show Visiting Greenfield Village, October 22, 1931 - Phillips Lord created the radio personality of Seth Parker in 1929. The fictional Parker and his neighbors, a group of rustic New Englanders from Jonesport, Maine, sang hymns, spirituals and popular folk tunes during the half-hour Sunday night program. Parker's troop also toured the country performing for its growing number of fans. In 1931, they paid a visit to Detroit and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.
- October 22, 1931
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Edsel Ford with Actors from the "Seth Parker" Radio Show Visiting Greenfield Village, October 22, 1931
Phillips Lord created the radio personality of Seth Parker in 1929. The fictional Parker and his neighbors, a group of rustic New Englanders from Jonesport, Maine, sang hymns, spirituals and popular folk tunes during the half-hour Sunday night program. Parker's troop also toured the country performing for its growing number of fans. In 1931, they paid a visit to Detroit and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.
- Edsel Ford with Actors from the "Seth Parker" Radio Show Visiting Greenfield Village, October 22, 1931 - Phillips Lord created the radio personality of Seth Parker in 1929. The fictional Parker and his neighbors, a group of rustic New Englanders from Jonesport, Maine, sang hymns, spirituals and popular folk tunes during the half-hour Sunday night program. Parker's troop also toured the country performing for its growing number of fans. In 1931, they paid a visit to Detroit and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.
- October 22, 1931
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Edsel Ford with Actors from the "Seth Parker" Radio Show Visiting Greenfield Village, October 22, 1931
Phillips Lord created the radio personality of Seth Parker in 1929. The fictional Parker and his neighbors, a group of rustic New Englanders from Jonesport, Maine, sang hymns, spirituals and popular folk tunes during the half-hour Sunday night program. Parker's troop also toured the country performing for its growing number of fans. In 1931, they paid a visit to Detroit and Henry Ford's Greenfield Village.
- "Ford Summer Hour," Program for Sunday, August 24, 1941 - The <em>Ford Summer Hour</em> was a radio program produced from 1939 to 1941 by Ford Motor Company as a summer replacement for their regular <em>Ford Sunday Evening Hour</em>. The broadcast featured popular songs and tunes from musical comedies and operettas. Ford's sponsorship did not allow for commercials, but an intermission included talks on Ford-related subjects, such as the company's rubber plantation in Brazil.
- August 24, 1941
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"Ford Summer Hour," Program for Sunday, August 24, 1941
The Ford Summer Hour was a radio program produced from 1939 to 1941 by Ford Motor Company as a summer replacement for their regular Ford Sunday Evening Hour. The broadcast featured popular songs and tunes from musical comedies and operettas. Ford's sponsorship did not allow for commercials, but an intermission included talks on Ford-related subjects, such as the company's rubber plantation in Brazil.