Fiddler Jep Bisbee in Traverse City, Michigan, 1923

Summary

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.

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.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1923

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.1319

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: 4.25 in

Width: 6.25 in

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