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- Henry Ford's First Violin, 1880-1900 - Henry Ford loved music-especially the fiddle tunes he enjoyed at the country dances of his youth. As a young man, Ford bought this inexpensive fiddle and learned to play it a bit. Though he was never able to play as well as he would have wished, Ford's love of the fiddle and rural dance music remained with him throughout his life.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Henry Ford's First Violin, 1880-1900
Henry Ford loved music-especially the fiddle tunes he enjoyed at the country dances of his youth. As a young man, Ford bought this inexpensive fiddle and learned to play it a bit. Though he was never able to play as well as he would have wished, Ford's love of the fiddle and rural dance music remained with him throughout his life.
- Violin Used by Dr. Alonson B. Howard, circa 1835 -
- circa 1835
- Collections - Artifact
Violin Used by Dr. Alonson B. Howard, circa 1835
- Violin Presented to Henry Ford by Franz Zucker, 1933 - Henry Ford, a folk hero to many, often received special gifts from ordinary people. Franz Zucker, a Czechoslovakian violinmaker--aware of Ford's love of violins--made this violin as a gift for Ford's 70th birthday in July 1933, a token of Zucker's admiration and respect for the industrialist. Zucker used a photograph of Ford to carve the likeness on the back of the violin.
- 1933
- Collections - Artifact
Violin Presented to Henry Ford by Franz Zucker, 1933
Henry Ford, a folk hero to many, often received special gifts from ordinary people. Franz Zucker, a Czechoslovakian violinmaker--aware of Ford's love of violins--made this violin as a gift for Ford's 70th birthday in July 1933, a token of Zucker's admiration and respect for the industrialist. Zucker used a photograph of Ford to carve the likeness on the back of the violin.
- Violin by Jacob Ford, 1772 -
- 1772
- Collections - Artifact
Violin by Jacob Ford, 1772