The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). A Gulf Oil sign is visible in the background. Title supplied by cataloger.
The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). Title supplied by cataloger.
The Walters sisters, wearing matching cotton dresses with white collars, pose outdoors with musical instruments (two guitars and a banjo). Title supplied by cataloger.
Three little boys wearing overalls play musical instruments outdoors. Two, standing, play banjos; the smallest boy, seated, appears to be playing a simple bowed instrument made of two sticks or corn stalks.
Five children play musical instruments outdoors. Three boys, wearing overalls, play stringed instruments (two banjos and a fiddle). A little girl, seated on the chair, and very little boy standing next to hear appear to be holding percussion...
Five children play musical instruments outdoors. Three boys, wearing overalls, play stringed instruments (two banjos and a fiddle). A little girl, seated on the chair, and very little boy standing next to hear appear to be holding percussion...
Three little boys wearing overalls play musical instruments outdoors. Two, standing, play banjos; the smallest boy, seated, appears to be bowing a small fiddle. A brick house with firewood piles is visible at right.
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, next to a sign reading...
Two boys (one in costume with suspenders) and a girl (costumed as a pioneer with a long dress and bonnet) play homemade musical instruments, including a banjo, gourd banjo, and sticks possibly used as percussion instruments, in front of a barn...
Composite of single portraits of the Musical McGibeny Family, a musical and sketch entertainment ensemble that toured the United States in the late 19th century. They are identified from top row, left to right, as: Viola, Allie, Mrs. Frank, Victor,...
Group portraits; Portrait photographs; Entertainers; Families; Men; Women; Boys; Girls
Family portrait of the Musical McGibeny Family, a musical and sketch entertainment ensemble that toured the United States in the late 19th century. They appear before a backdrop with folding screen, potted plant, and fireplace. The four young men...
Woodblock prints of, clockwise from top left: man in tunic seated among four male lions; knights on horseback jousting outside castle; girl and boy listening to man seated on porch smoking pipe and holding skull; number 11; man wearing turban and...
Musical band called The Rhythmeers on stage. Two rows of men sit on the stage behind musical stands that read "Rhythmeers." The men wear tuxedos and hold assorted brass instruments. To the left sits a man at a piano with a woman in a long...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
"Where Do We Come From? offers a flowing composition divided into three main figure groupings set in a jungle clearing with the sea in the background. In the center a Polynesian Eve, reminiscent of Botticelli's Giuliano de' Medici in the...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Jazz; Jazz singers; Women jazz musicians
Oral history interview with Helen Humes, a jazz singer from Louisville, conducted on June 12, 1979 by Mary Bobo, for the University of Louisville Archives and Records Center. In this interview, Ms. Humes discusses her career, including her start in...
African American journalists; African American politicians; African American newspapers; African Americans; Politics & government; Politicians; Race relations; Democratic Party (Ky.); Mammoth Life and Accident Insurance Co. (Louisville, Ky.);...
Interview with William J. Ealy, Louisville newspaperman and political activist. This interview was conducted on August 5 and 22, 1977 by Dwayne Cox of the University of Louisville Oral History Center. Mr. Ealy discusses his early life and education...
Four men holding musical instrument cases stand at the caboose of the Louisville Special train. Each man wears a suit, a coat, and either a hat or cap and each has medals pinned to their suit coats. Another man in a suit, hat and double-breasted...
Schools; Religious facilities; Classrooms; Children; African Americans
A child stands at the front of the room with one hand risen holding a white object. Rows of other African American children sit with various musical instruments including jugs, drums, and glasses partially filled with water. An adult sits playing...
