Violinist Grisha Goluboff and Henry Ford, 1934-1938
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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.
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.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1934-1938
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.18949
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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