Music festivals; Folk festivals; Spectators; Log cabins; Musicians; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain
Performers both backstage (behind the replica of Jean Thomas' "Traipsin' Woman Cabin") and onstage, and spectators on the grass, at the American Folk Song Festival at Carter Caves State Park in Olive Hill, Kentucky, June 1969. Title...
Billboards; Signs (Notices); Men; Guitars; American Folk Song Festival
Two men with guitars flank a large sign reading: "American Folk Song Festival / June 11th / [arrow pointing to the right] / U.S. 23 / Traipsin' Woman Cabin / Jean Thomas, Director." Title supplied by cataloger.
Women; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A young woman poses in the long "Traipsin' Woman" frock in a wooded area (possibly Mayo Trail near Traipsin' Woman Cabin, Boyd County, Kentucky). She is probably in costume for a role in the Infare section of the American Folk Song...
Men, women, and children sit in an open wagon, known as a "jolt" wagon, which is conveying them to the American Folk Song Festival on the Mayo Trail in Boyd County (near Ashland), Kentucky. According to Jean Thomas' notes, this image was...
Coe Glade, wearing a suit and hat and holding a fur stole, leans against an unidentified man, wearing a suit and hat and smoking a cigar. They were at Jean Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo Trail near Ashland, Kentucky, on the occasion of...
Two girls, one dressed as an English lady and the other as an Englishman, pose in their finery. They will dance the Virginia Reel at the American Folk Song Festival. Title supplied by cataloger.
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...
Stringed instruments; Men; Houses; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...
Stringed instruments; Men; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Six men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them, and another...
Stringed instruments; Men; Houses; Guitars; Violins; Zithers; Mouth Organs; Fences; Musical instrument cases; Spinning apparatus; Brooms & brushes; Federal Music Project (U.S.); United States. Works Progress Administration
Five men sit in the yard playing musical instruments. Their coats and hats can be seen hanging on the picket fence in the background, and a few musical instruments are on the ground. A spinning wheel and broom are visible behind them. They are...
Mary Margaret McBride hosted a popular radio program starting in 1934. She advertised products she had personally approved. Jean Thomas apparently distributed some of these products to people living in remote areas in eastern Kentucky. Here, Jean...
Mary Margaret McBride hosted a popular radio program starting in 1934. She advertised products she had personally approved. Jean Thomas apparently distributed some of these products to people living in remote areas in eastern Kentucky. Here, Jean...
Mary Margaret McBride hosted a popular radio program starting in 1934. She advertised products she had personally approved. Jean Thomas apparently distributed some of these products to people living in remote areas in eastern Kentucky. Here, Jean...
Mary Margaret McBride hosted a popular radio program starting in 1934. She advertised products she had personally approved. Jean Thomas apparently distributed some of these products to people living in remote areas in eastern Kentucky. Here, Jean...
Mary Margaret McBride hosted a popular radio program starting in 1934. She advertised products she had personally approved. Jean Thomas apparently distributed some of these products to people living in remote areas in eastern Kentucky. Here, Jean...
