Henry Ford and Benjamin Lovett
Creator: Dave Taylor (July, 1980)
Dave Taylor and Al Brundage called a dance in Lovett Hall in Dearborn, Michigan, around 1980. This article is Taylor's effort to tell some of the story of that venue.
[Editor's note: some of the information presented in this article (e.g., the timing of the purchase of the Wayside Inn and Ford's meeting with Benjamin Lovett) is disputed by other sources, but we do want to make this perspective available, especially for the first-hand account by Dick Moore.]
Dave Taylor's full interview with Dick and Edna Moore (1980) is available at the Square Dance Foundation of New England.
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Tags: Benjamin Lovett, Dearborn, Dick Moore, Henry Ford, lovett Hall, Michigan
Tags: Benjamin Lovett, Dearborn, Dick Moore, Henry Ford, lovett Hall, Michigan
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Dave Taylor, “Henry Ford and Benjamin Lovett,” Square Dance History Project, accessed November 29, 2023, https://www.squaredancehistory.org/items/show/787.
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Henry Ford and Benjamin Lovett
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Dave Taylor and Al Brundage called a dance in Lovett Hall in Dearborn, Michigan, around 1980. This article is Taylor's effort to tell some of the story of that venue.
[Editor's note: some of the information presented in this article (e.g., the timing of the purchase of the Wayside Inn and Ford's meeting with Benjamin Lovett) is disputed by other sources, but we do want to make this perspective available, especially for the first-hand account by Dick Moore.]
Dave Taylor's full interview with Dick and Edna Moore (1980) is available at the Square Dance Foundation of New England.
[Editor's note: some of the information presented in this article (e.g., the timing of the purchase of the Wayside Inn and Ford's meeting with Benjamin Lovett) is disputed by other sources, but we do want to make this perspective available, especially for the first-hand account by Dick Moore.]
Dave Taylor's full interview with Dick and Edna Moore (1980) is available at the Square Dance Foundation of New England.
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July, 1980