Henry Ford with His Old-time Dance Orchestra, 1933
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Henry Ford created a dance room at Ford Motor Company's Engineering Lab, where his office and the company's engineering activities were located. Here, from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, Ford held his old-fashioned dancing parties for adults and hosted dance lessons for children. Ford's Old Time Orchestra provided the music, while Benjamin Lovett called the dance steps. 70-year-old Ford listens with pleasure.
Henry Ford created a dance room at Ford Motor Company's Engineering Lab, where his office and the company's engineering activities were located. Here, from the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s, Ford held his old-fashioned dancing parties for adults and hosted dance lessons for children. Ford's Old Time Orchestra provided the music, while Benjamin Lovett called the dance steps. 70-year-old Ford listens with pleasure.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
July 1933
Creators
Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department.
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.36936
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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