Emma and Mellie Dunham Leaving Maine to Visit Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, 1925
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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."
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."
Artifact
Photographic postcard
Date Made
1925
Subject Date
1925
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
89.0.543.171
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
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