Men; Signs (Notices); Women; Log cabins; Zithers; Stringed instruments; Porches; Children; American Folk Song Festival
John Jacob "Jack" Niles, a Kentucky-born collector, composer, and ballad singer, sits in the doorway of Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, playing a mountain dulcimer. He wears a tie and hat. Jean...
Men; Stringed instruments; Zithers; Log cabins; American Folk Song Festival
John Jacob "Jack" Niles, a Kentucky-born collector, composer, and ballad singer, sits on a barrel outside Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. He wears a tie and hat, and holds a mountain dulcimer...
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...
A mustached man, Ed Morrison, plays a primitive fiddle-like instruments outside the brick "Wee House in the Wood," home of Jean Thomas, in Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man identified by Jean Thomas as "Smith of Greenup Ave." stands in the yard behind a chair containing three fiddles; two other fiddles lean against the chair, supported by a concrete block. Mr. Smith is wearing a three-piece suit. Title...
An unidentified man (left) wearing a three-piece suit plays banjo, with Chick Thomas (seated) playing mountain dulcimer, and Ed Morrison (right) playing a fiddle-like instrument. At the far right, a partially visible man is holding a guitar. They...
A mustached man, Ed Morrison, plays a primitive fiddle-like instruments outside the brick "Wee House in the Wood," home of Jean Thomas, in Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man identified by Jean Thomas as "Smith of Greenup Ave." stands in the yard playing fiddle. Four other fiddles sit on the chair next to him. He is wearing a three-piece suit. Title supplied by cataloger.
A man earlier identified by Jean Thomas as "Smith of Greenup Ave." sits in the yard playing hammered dulcimer. He is wearing a three-piece suit. Title supplied by cataloger.
Five men, including Chick Thomas on guitar, Ed Morrison on fiddle, and unidentified musicians on harmonica, banjo, and guitar, perform outside Jean Thomas' brick "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
An unidentified man (left) wearing a three-piece suit plays banjo, with Ed Morrison (right) playing a fiddle-like instrument. They are in the yard of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky. Title supplied by cataloger.
An elderly woman wearing a shirt-waist dress, possibly Jean Thomas' sister, Trixy L. Bell, stands outside Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, with an elderly man wearing a suit and hat and a younger woman wearing a coat,...
Jean Thomas (center, wearing shirt-waist dress) joins May Crum, a tall woman wearing a polka-dot suit, and her husband, Dr. Crum of Indianapolis, Indiana (wearing a three-piece suit and holding a cigarette) on the lawn of her "Wee House in the...
Jean Thomas (left, wearing shirt-waist dress) joins May Crum, a tall woman wearing a polka-dot suit and sunglasses, and her husband, Dr. Crum of Indianapolis, Indiana (wearing a three-piece suit and holding a cigarette) on the lawn of her "Wee...
Jean Thomas (center, wearing shirt-waist dress) joins May Crum, a tall woman wearing a polka-dot suit, and her husband, Dr. Crum of Indianapolis, Indiana (wearing a three-piece suit) on the lawn of her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland,...
Jean Thomas (left) stands in the yard of her "Wee House in the Wood" in Ashland, Kentucky, with Herbert (or Hubert) Willis, and a woman wearing a coat with a fur collar, who may be his sister, Mrs. Willis-Wilson. Title supplied by...
A woman in a long dress clutches a copy of the McGuffey Reader in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved to the...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand on the steps of the McGuffey Log School. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it moved...
Rural schools; Women; Log cabins; Books; Costumes--United States
Jean Thomas, wearing a hat and dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress, stands in the doorway of the McGuffey Log School clutching a McGuffey Reader. Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as a child) in Big Sandy country, and had it...
