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- 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."
- 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 his dances, Dunham traveled to Dearborn by train. During Dunham's journey through Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Ontario, the fiddler was hailed at every stop--which the reporters accompanying him relayed to the press. This fiddler--and his journey to play for Henry Ford--was big news.
- 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 his dances, Dunham traveled to Dearborn by train. During Dunham's journey through Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Ontario, the fiddler was hailed at every stop--which the reporters accompanying him relayed to the press. This fiddler--and his journey to play for Henry Ford--was big news.