Women; Girls; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, right, stands outside a log cabin wearing a Scottish plaid dress and accompanied by a girl dressed as a Scottish royal court attendant. They are likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near Ashland,...
Women; Girls; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; Kilts; Hats; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, left, stands outside a log cabin wearing a Scottish plaid dress and accompanied by a girl dressed in a kilt, sash, and hat. They are likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near Ashland, Kentucky. In...
Women; Girls; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; Kilts; Hats; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, right, stands outside a log cabin wearing a Scottish plaid dress and accompanied by a girl dressed in a kilt, sash, and hat. They are likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near Ashland, Kentucky. In...
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, is pictured sitting outside her log cabin with stone chimney in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County schools in 1906 and...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, poses outdoors in Mary Queen of Scots costume (a long plaid dress with pleated insets and a high collar). She is likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, poses outdoors in Mary Queen of Scots costume (a long plaid dress with pleated insets and a high collar). She is likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near...
Women; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, poses outdoors in Mary Queen of Scots costume (a long plaid dress with pleated insets and a high collar). She is likely performing in the annual American Folk Song Festival near...
Lyda Messer Caudill, said to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots, is pictured sitting on the porch of her log cabin in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County schools in 1906 and founded the...
Lyda Messer Caudill stands in the yard of a frame house next to a sign reading 'Knowledge and Understanding / Adult Education / … New Day.' Mrs. Caudill, a teacher, was elected superintendent of Rowan County, Kentucky schools in 1906 and founded...
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with three men (including her father, William Messer, second from right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leona...
Lyda Messer Caudill (left, wearing a hat) poses with two men (including her father, William Messer, at right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County, Kentucky. The young girl may be her daughter, Leona Margaret Caudill,...
An image of the Flatt family has been superimposed over one of Lyda Messer Caudill. In the superimposed/reversed image, Elizabeth Flatt, seated, in long black dress, plays mountain dulcimer. She is joined by her daughters, standing, in calico...
William and Alameda Sparks Messer, an elderly couple wearing work clothes, stand outside a small shed with a saw leaning against it in Rowan County, Kentucky. Mr. Messer, descended from the Stewarts of Scotland, is said to be a descendant of Mary...
