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...
Jack Foy, wearing a plaid shirt, suspenders, and hat, and holding a guitar, and Jean Thomas, wearing her linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England), look at a copy of her 1940 publication, "The Sun Shines Bright,"...
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...
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...
Will Harris, Jean Thomas, and Anna Harris, all dressed in white, stand next to the chimney 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...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as...
Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Her 'Wee House in the Wood' brick home is visible at left. Thomas acquired possession...
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...
Chick Thomas, wearing a hat with a bill, crouches down to show a wooden recorder to Little Chick, a small child wearing a knit cap and a costume with plaid shirt and suspenders.
Jean Thomas (left, in tam) and Marion Kerby (right, in hat with feather) sit on the porch of the Traipsin' Woman Cabin, accompanied by Hamilton Forrest (center, standing). Hamilton Forrest was an American composer, and Marion Kerby was a singer and...
Hamilton Forrest, Jean Thomas (in tam), and Marion Kerby (right, in hat with feather) stand on the porch of the Traipsin' Woman Cabin. Hamilton Forrest was an American composer, and Marion Kerby was a singer and actress who had performed on...
Jean Thomas (left, in tam) and Marion Kerby (right, in hat with feather) sit on the porch of the Traipsin' Woman Cabin, accompanied by Hamilton Forrest (center, standing). Hamilton Forrest was an American composer, and Marion Kerby was a singer and...
Hamilton Forrest (right), Marion Kerby (center, standing), and Jean Thomas (left, in tam) on the porch of the Traipsin' Woman Cabin. Hamilton Forrest was an American composer, and Marion Kerby was a singer and actress who had performed on Broadway...
Jean Thomas (left, in tam), Marion Kerby (center, with arms around others), and Sally Kerby (right, wearing glasses) on the porch of the Traipsin' Woman Cabin. Marion Kerby was a singer and actress who had performed on Broadway and in Hollywood...
Jean Thomas (front, in tam) with Coe Glade (young woman in suit at left), Ruth Ogden (at right), and an unidentified man on the steps of Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. The banner on the cabin reads...
Jean Thomas (center) stands behind a piano with a copy of her book, "Devil's Ditties" (published 1931) propped open on the stand. A man wearing two-toned shoes sits at the piano. He may be Hamilton Forrest, composer. A tall,...
Jean Thomas (in tam, holding a broom) with Coe Glade (young woman in suit at left), Ruth Ogden (at right), and an unidentified young man (possibly composer Hamilton Forrest) on the steps of Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near...
Coe Glade (young woman in suit at left) and Jean Thomas (standing, in tam, at right) pose on the steps of Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky. The banner on the cabin reads "American Folk Song Society...
