Jean Thomas (right) and her sister, Trixy Lydia Ross Bell (left), wearing coats and hats, stand on the deck of the ship bound for England, where they will be attending the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance Society held in Royal Albert...
Women; People associated with politics & government; Dwellings; Books
After having hosted the wife of Kentucky Governor Flem D. Sampson at her first American Folk Song Festival at the Traipsin' Woman Cabin in 1930, Jean Thomas was invited to the Governor's mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky, the following year to discuss...
Women; People associated with politics & government; Dwellings; Books
After having hosted the wife of Kentucky Governor Flem D. Sampson at her first American Folk Song Festival at the Traipsin' Woman Cabin in 1930, Jean Thomas was invited to the Governor's mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky, the following year to discuss...
Women; People; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
A woman wearing a cocktail dress and pearl necklace poses in front of a group of people who are gathered at the stage of the American Folk Song Festival in Boyd County, Kentucky.
Women; Stringed instruments; Zithers; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing her Narrator costume (a long black Elizabethan gown with white ruffles at collar and sleeves) for the annual American Folk Song Festival, sits on the steps of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin playing dulcimer. Title supplied by...
Women; Stringed instruments; Zithers; Log cabins; Costumes--Great Britain; Brooms & brushes; Baskets; Flags--United States; American Folk Song Festival
Jean Thomas, wearing her Narrator costume (a long black Elizabethan gown with white ruffles at collar and sleeves) for the annual American Folk Song Festival, sits on the steps of her Traipsin' Woman Cabin playing dulcimer. The porch includes a...
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...
Jean Thomas poses outside a pair of thatched houses (one rectangular, one triangular) in England, possibly in Sonning-on-Thames. Thomas and her sister visited England with Jilson Setters to attend the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance...
Jean Thomas poses outside a pair of thatched houses (one rectangular, one triangular) in England, possibly in Sonning-on-Thames. Thomas and her sister visited England with Jilson Setters to attend the Festival of the English Folk Song and Dance...
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'...
