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- Fiddler Mellie Dunham, circa 1925 - Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, came to Henry Ford's attention in the fall of 1925. Ford invited the 72-year-old snowshoe maker from Norway, Maine, to play at one of his Dearborn dancing parties. Dunham's performance at the December 11th dance--well attended by the press--was highly publicized. The following day, Dunham delighted his listeners by playing Ford's Stradivari violin.
- circa 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Fiddler Mellie Dunham, circa 1925
Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, came to Henry Ford's attention in the fall of 1925. Ford invited the 72-year-old snowshoe maker from Norway, Maine, to play at one of his Dearborn dancing parties. Dunham's performance at the December 11th dance--well attended by the press--was highly publicized. The following day, Dunham delighted his listeners by playing Ford's Stradivari violin.
- Violinist Grisha Goluboff and Henry Ford, 1934-1938 - Henry Ford lent some of his violins to promising young violinists. American prodigy Grisha Goluboff played Ford's 1703 Stradivari from about 1934 to 1938 at performing engagements in the United States and Europe. Henry Ford had lent the violin to Goluboff after Adolph Hitler demanded that Goluboff, son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, return the Guarneri violin lent to him by a German nobleman.
- 1934-1938
- Collections - Artifact
Violinist Grisha Goluboff and Henry Ford, 1934-1938
Henry Ford lent some of his violins to promising young violinists. American prodigy Grisha Goluboff played Ford's 1703 Stradivari from about 1934 to 1938 at performing engagements in the United States and Europe. Henry Ford had lent the violin to Goluboff after Adolph Hitler demanded that Goluboff, son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, return the Guarneri violin lent to him by a German nobleman.
- Emma and Mellie Dunham Leaving Maine to Visit Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, 1925 - When Henry Ford invited Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, to play at one of Ford's Dearborn dances in late 1925, Dunham's town of Norway, Maine, celebrated like never before. Stores and schools were closed, Maine's governor conducted the farewell festivities, and the citizens paraded behind Mellie. Children carried signs reading "Mellie will play and Henry will dance" and "Send him safe home Henry."
- 1925
- Collections - Artifact
Emma and Mellie Dunham Leaving Maine to Visit Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, 1925
When Henry Ford invited Mellie Dunham, Maine's champion fiddler, to play at one of Ford's Dearborn dances in late 1925, Dunham's town of Norway, Maine, celebrated like never before. Stores and schools were closed, Maine's governor conducted the farewell festivities, and the citizens paraded behind Mellie. Children carried signs reading "Mellie will play and Henry will dance" and "Send him safe home Henry."
- Violin Used by Maud Powell, Made 1860-1870 -
- 1860-1870
- Collections - Artifact
Violin Used by Maud Powell, Made 1860-1870
- Fiddler Jep Bisbee in Traverse City, Michigan, 1923 - Eighty-year-old Jep Bisbee, a northern Michigan fiddler, and his wife Sarah left northern Michigan for Thomas Edison's New Jersey laboratory in November 1923. Henry Ford was much taken with Bisbee's playing and wanted Edison's company to record him. Ford even sent his personal railroad car to transport the Bisbees from Traverse City to New Jersey.
- 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Fiddler Jep Bisbee in Traverse City, Michigan, 1923
Eighty-year-old Jep Bisbee, a northern Michigan fiddler, and his wife Sarah left northern Michigan for Thomas Edison's New Jersey laboratory in November 1923. Henry Ford was much taken with Bisbee's playing and wanted Edison's company to record him. Ford even sent his personal railroad car to transport the Bisbees from Traverse City to New Jersey.