Girls, costumed in white short-sleeve blouses and full skirts in cotton prints, and boys, costumed in white full-sleeved shirts and slacks, form three circles in which they join hands and dance. Title supplied by cataloger.
Ten women pose for a picture during the Movie Double Contest held at Oriental Garden. The women appear to be costumed; one holds a bouquet, and she and two others wear award ribbons. A number of signs are displayed including, "Southern Star...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Three women wearing matching long black Elizabethan gowns with white ruffled collars and sleeves flank a costumed Jean Thomas. The Ladies-in-Waiting would accompany the speaker of the historical prologue that began each American Folk Song Festival.
Men; Boys; Stringed instruments; Zithers; Banjos; Costumes--United States
Chick Thomas, left, sits on the ground outdoors, playing mountain dulcimer; Little Chick Thomas, costumed in a plaid shirt and suspenders, wears a knit cap and holds a stick; and Mr. Hutchison, an old man wearing a plaid shirt, overalls, and hat,...
Three curtsying girls in matching long white ruffled dresses, and three girls costumed as boys in matching white ruffled shirts and knickers, prepare to perform at the third American Folk Song Festival, which was held at the Traipsin' Woman Cabin...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Three women wearing matching long black Elizabethan gowns with white ruffled collars and sleeves flank a costumed Jean Thomas. The Ladies-in-Waiting would accompany the speaker of the historical prologue that began each American Folk Song Festival.
Baskets; Bonnets; Shawls; Women; Costumes--United States
Trixy Bell, Jean Thomas' sister, stands outdoors behind a chair holding a basket, wearing a long dress with a bonnet and shawl, and poses with hand cupping her ear. She is probably costumed as a performer at the American Folk Song Festival [held at...
Trixy Bell, Jean Thomas' sister, stands outdoors behind a chair holding a basket, wearing a long dress with a bonnet and shawl and holding a corncob pipe. She is probably costumed as a performer at the American Folk Song Festival [held at the...
Women; Textiles; Costumes--Great Britain; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing her "Narrator" costume of long black dress and white collar, displays a woven spread to two young women and a girl, who are also costumed for the American Folk Song Festival. Jean sits under the archway of her...
Radio broadcasting; Banners; Women; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A woman wearing a linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England) takes the microphone at the American Folk Song Festival stage. She is surrounded by other costumed performers. A banner reading 'WFTM' may indicate that this...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, in front of a barn...
A young man sits on a stone near a picket fence, holding a boomerang-shaped bone, from the jawbone of an ass (or donkey), possibly for use as a musical instrument. He shows it to a boy costumed in a straw hat, plaid shirt, and suspenders and...
Men; Boys; Fences; Banjos; Stringed instruments; Costumes--United States
A young man stands near a picket fence with a boy costumed in a straw hat, plaid shirt, and suspenders and playing a banjo. Title supplied by cataloger.
Women; Costumes--United States; Covered wagons; Mules; Carriages & coaches; Horses; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A woman costumed in a bonnet and shawl sits at the front of a mule-drawn covered wagon, which, followed by a horse-drawn coach, is conveying participants to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky....
Character portrait of Helena Modjeska wearing a tam and jacket, possibly costumed for a role as a male. Born October 12, 1840 in Cracow, Poland, Mme. Modjeska was a leading Polish actress who became even more famous after emigrating to the United...
Three-quarter length character portrait of Julia Marlowe costumed as a boy (or possibly as Jeanne d'Arc), holding flowers. Julia Marlowe was a child actress born Sarah Frances Frost on August 17, 1865 in England. She spent her late childhood in the...
Well-known and widely reproduced photogravure of a full-length character portrait of performer Margaret Mather costumed as Juliana in "The Honeymoon." She sits on a high stool between a mantle and an end table, looking down at an ostrich...
