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Idabelle Smith Firestone

Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (died 1954)

Born
November 10, 1874
Died
July 7, 1954
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1874

About Idabelle Smith Firestone

Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (died 1954) Idabelle Smith Firestone (November 10, 1874 – July 7, 1954) was an American composer and songwriter. Firestone, who had begun the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company five years earlier. Firestone Jr., and Leonard Firestone, the grandmother of Brooks Firestone, and the great-grandmother of William Clay Ford Jr., Andrew Firestone, and Nick Firestone. She was not the only composer in the Firestone family.

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The world when Idabelle Smith Firestone was born

Idabelle Smith Firestone was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
  • Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
  • Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
  • World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Idabelle Smith Firestone's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18742026
Population41.8M341 million

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