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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- Fiddler Jep Bisbee with Henry Ford's Old-Time Dance Orchestra, circa 1925 - Henry Ford loved Jep Bisbee's fiddling--and the automaker's admiration soon made the elderly Paris, Michigan fiddler a celebrity. Ford met Bisbee in 1923 while on a summer camping trip in northern Michigan. Bisbee at Ford's request, recorded for Edison Records a few months later. Bisbee (shown here with Ford's dance orchestra) won a statewide fiddling contest held in Detroit in January 1926.
- circa 1925
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Fiddler Jep Bisbee with Henry Ford's Old-Time Dance Orchestra, circa 1925
Henry Ford loved Jep Bisbee's fiddling--and the automaker's admiration soon made the elderly Paris, Michigan fiddler a celebrity. Ford met Bisbee in 1923 while on a summer camping trip in northern Michigan. Bisbee at Ford's request, recorded for Edison Records a few months later. Bisbee (shown here with Ford's dance orchestra) won a statewide fiddling contest held in Detroit in January 1926.
- 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.
- Violin, 1880-1900 -
- 1880-1900
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Violin, 1880-1900
- 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
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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.
- Portrait of Fiddler Jep Bisbee, July 1924 - Jasper "Jep" Bisbee worked at various occupations over the years, including farmer, store clerk, shoemaker, and house painter. Yet music was Bisbee's passion--and provided part of his income. Jep learned to play the fiddle as a youth, performing at dances beginning in the 1860s. Henry Ford first heard Bisbee play in August 1923--and this rural Michigan fiddler quickly became a favorite of Ford's.
- July 23, 1924
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Portrait of Fiddler Jep Bisbee, July 1924
Jasper "Jep" Bisbee worked at various occupations over the years, including farmer, store clerk, shoemaker, and house painter. Yet music was Bisbee's passion--and provided part of his income. Jep learned to play the fiddle as a youth, performing at dances beginning in the 1860s. Henry Ford first heard Bisbee play in August 1923--and this rural Michigan fiddler quickly became a favorite of Ford's.
- Fiddler Jep Bisbee with Daughter and Son in Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace), 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 with Daughter and Son in Ford Home (Henry Ford's Birthplace), 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.