Jean Thomas poses at her desk in her long black 'Narrator' costume from the American Folk Song Festival. She was being filmed by Jack Jacumski of Georgetown, Ohio. Title supplied by cataloger.
Jean Thomas poses at her desk in her long black "Narrator" costume from the American Folk Song Festival. Three of her publications ["The Singin' Fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow," "Devil's Ditties," and "The Traipsin'...
Brother Damron (left, with white beard and glasses, wearing dark suit) and his wife (right, with glasses and hair in bun, wearing an apron) pose in the yard with two young grandsons (front row, wearing hats and overalls) and a brunette woman.
Brother Damron (left, with white beard and glasses, wearing dark suit) and his wife (right, with glasses and hair in bun, wearing an apron) pose in the yard with two young grandsons (front row, wearing hats and overalls) and a brunette woman.
Jean Thomas, wearing a coat and tam and clutching her 'Gold Coast' briefcase from Africa, stands outside by the gate of the brick fence at her 'Wee House in the Wood' property in Ashland, Kentucky. The briefcase had been a gift from former employer...
An old man, wearing a hat and three-piece suit with vest partially unbuttoned, and old woman, wearing a long dress with apron, put their hands on the back of a chair while standing outside. Hills, trees, and snow are visible in the background. Dr....
Ruth Duffy, a young woman wearing a long print dress, plays accordion and Walter Friend, a young man wearing shirtsleeves, plays guitar on an outdoor path among trees and grass. They are apparently students at Kentucky Christian College (now...
Ruth Duffy, a young woman wearing a long print dress, plays accordion and Walter Friend, a young man wearing shirtsleeves, plays guitar on an outdoor path among trees and grass. They are apparently students at Kentucky Christian College (now...
Stringed instruments; Men; Houses; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth organs; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Four men sit in the yard of a small frame house playing musical instruments. One of them is named Archie Williams. They are apparently involved in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project, a New Deal relief program that employed...
Two young man and an old man and woman pose outdoors, with a log cabin visible behind them. Bunyon Day (left, wearing sweater), plays guitar; Gobel Day sits on the ground; Grandma (also known as Aunt West) stands behind them; and Uncle Tom West...
A woman and a girl stand outdoors in front of trees, wearing Pilgrim costumes (long dresses with wide collars, and white bonnets without ties). Title supplied by cataloger.
A woman in a long dress with a sign reading 'Dry' pinned to her shoulder stands in the street with three children, holding as placard reading "Don't let the Saloon have a chance at us." The woman may be Jean Thomas, and the messages...
A woman (possibly Jean Thomas) wearing a long black dress, a sign reading "Dry," and holding a cane bearing a ribbon stands with a man wearing a band uniform and holding a drum and drumsticks outside a frame house. The "Dry"...
Men; Violins; Stringed instruments; Log cabins; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Fiddling blacksmith Bun Oney (sometimes referred to as Bud Oney) sits, holding his fiddle and bow, on the porch of a cabin (probably the site of the American Folk Song Festival). Title supplied by cataloger.
