Blanche Preston Jones with dulcimer and young children.
Title
Blanche Preston Jones with dulcimer and young children .
Creator
Thomas, Jean, 1881-1982 (collector)
Description
Blanche Preston Jones plays Appalachian dulcimer alongside young boy and young girl in bonnet , who plays concertina . The children are Blanche's son and daughter , Thomas ("Buddy") and Hope Jones . This performance takes place next to log cabin (probably the Traipsin ' Woman Cabin near the Mayo Trail , Boyd County , Kentucky) . Their period dress indicates that they are participants in the annual American Folk Song Festival . Jones is said to be a descendant of Lady Elizabeth Calvert . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Boys Women Shawls Girls Bonnets Stringed instruments Zithers Accordions
People Pictured
Jones, Blanche Preston Jones, Hope Jones, Thomas
Location Depicted
Boyd County (Ky.)
Date Original
193-?
Object Type
Negatives
Source
2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. 1979.33.0012 in the Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jthom/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1979.33.0012
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