Jean Thomas and guests stand in a room filled with photographs in Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. The occasion is the dedication of the house, which later became the Jean Thomas Museum. The woman at far...
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
American pianist and teacher Guy Maier stands in a yard with Jean Thomas, laughing. Both are wearing overcoats (Jean's is made of fur). Jean wears a tam, and Guy holds a hat. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas (seated, left, with typewriter on her lap) shows her 1938 book about Jilson Setters, "The singin' fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow," to a man and woman outside her brick "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. The...
Jean Thomas (seated, left, with a typewriter on her lap), a man in suit and tie, and a woman (standing, right) examine manuscript pages outside Thomas' brick "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. A copy of Thomas' 1938 book about...
Jean Thomas (seated, center, with a typewriter on her lap) shares her 1938 book about Jilson Setters, "The singin' fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow," with a man and woman seated on the ground outside her brick "Wee House in the Wood"...
Jean Thomas (seated, center, with a typewriter on her lap) shares her 1938 book about Jilson Setters, "The singin' fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow," with a man and woman seated in the yard of her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland,...
Jean Thomas (seated, right, with a typewriter on her lap) shares her 1938 book about Jilson Setters, "The singin' fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow," with a man and woman seated in the yard of her brick "Wee House in the Wood" in...
Men; Signs (Notices); Women; Log cabins; Zithers; Stringed instruments; Porches; American Folk Song Festival
John Jacob 'Jack' Niles, a Kentucky-born collector, composer, and ballad singer, sits on the porch of Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, playing a mountain dulcimer. He wears a tie and hat. Jean Thomas...
Jean Thomas' sister, Trixy Bell (left), Jean Thomas (second from right), and an unidentified man and girl sit on the porch steps of Thomas' cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas, wearing a white smock with embroidered flowers cinched with a cloth belt, Dr. Arthur Shade Jones, wearing a white suit, and Ruth Ogden, wearing a ruffled blouse and dark skirt, stand on the porch of Jones' house. Dr. Arthur Shade Jones...
Women; Boys; Wheelchairs; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits in a wheelchair on a brick balcony, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur...
Women; Boys; Wheelchairs; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits in a wheelchair on a brick balcony, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur...
Women; Boys; Beds; Hospitals; People with disabilities; Writing
A shirtless boy with casts on both legs sits on an iron hospital bed, writing in a notepad, with Jean Thomas looking over his shoulder. He is likely at Stephenson orthopedic hospital in Ashland, Kentucky, being treated by Dr. Arthur Shade Jones,...
Jean Thomas (woman in printed vest) is photographed inside her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, with University of Louisville's Director of Libraries, Dr. Wayne Yenawine, and Art Librarian, Margaret Bridwell (strips 1-2). The...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, holds the arm of Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) while standing on the step of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin near Ashland, Kentucky. Dorothy Thomas, wearing a wool coat with fur adornment, stands on...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, stands between Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) and Marion Kerby (with handbag). The group may have been visiting Jean Thomas en route to Hollywood: Marion Kerby was a singer and actress who had...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, holds the arm of Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) while standing on the step of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin near Ashland, Kentucky. Dorothy Thomas, wearing a wool coat with fur adornment, stands on...
Jean Thomas, wearing a fur coat and a tam, holds the arm of Raymund McFeeters (in trench coat and hat) while standing on the step of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin near Ashland, Kentucky. Marion Kerby, wearing a jaunty hat, stands in the cabin doorway...