Lancers "Oriental": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Ford Orchestra. side 1: Lancers "Oriental," Figure V; side 2: Lancers "Oriental," Figues V (Ford Engineering Laboratory 106). 78 rpm. This recording was made at the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford Orchestra, also known as Henry Ford’s Old Time Dance Orchestra and Henry Ford’s Old Fashioned Dance was an orchestra assembled by automaker and inventor Henry Ford to entertain his guests at his private old-time dances. Ford fashioned the orchestra based on the groups he heard in his youth. The Orchestra was featured on various labels throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

Materials, dates and provenance

• release date: ca 1945
• recording artist: Ford Orchestra
• manufacturer: Ford Engineering Laboratory
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
• place made: United States: Michigan, Dearborn
• ID Number: 1996.0320.16284
• collector/donor number: 16731
• maker number: 106
• accession number: 1996.0320
• catalog number: 1996.0320.16284
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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