A boy, in overalls and a hat, plays a tune bow outside a log cabin. A little girl stands in the doorway behind him. The stick on a tune bow is bent slightly and holds a wire fastened tight at both ends. It sounds similar to a Jew's harp....
A little girl and little boy (possibly from Desdemonia Eskew's family) pose in pioneer costumes (probably as part of the American Folk Song Festival) at a scenic overlook. The girl wears a long calico dress and matching bonnet; the boy, barefoot,...
A man holding a stick pilots a small wooden boat on Green River, with log rafts behind him (close to the shore). The left part of the shore has been cleared, but trees remain on the right side.
A man in uniform with a billy stick stands under a pergola where vines grow. To the left of the image, children sit on the grass near a little wagon and men sit on benches.
A man wearing a turban sits on a camel, probably in Festival Hall at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. He holds a stick, and is seated behind what appear to be a pair of drums. A man with a walking stick wearing a turban and white robe...
Men; Staffs (Sticks); Historic sites; Fort Harrod (Harrodsburg, Ky.)
A man with a long white beard holding a walking stick stands in the middle of a small plot of land which was the site of Fort Harrod, the first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains, established by James Harrod in 1774.
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewers; Pipes (Conduits); Sewerage; Men; Construction workers; Women; Construction workers; Children
A wide trench is being dug at the base of a hill with a house at the top of the hill. Short vertical bars stick out of the bottom of the trench and long wood beams run across the top. Men with shovels are at the site. Next to the trench, a man,...
A winter mill scene painted on a painter's palette. The scene includes a water mill, mill house, bridge, and pine trees. Paintbrushes stick out of the thumb hole of the palette, which stands against a woodgrain background. "Valentine" is...
A woman wearing a white dress and knit sweater; a woman in long dress and bonnet, holding a stick; and a man smoking a pipe pose behind driftwood and a barrel on a beach. Title supplied by cataloger.
A young boy, dressed in plaid shirt and suspenders, stands in the woods facing a forked stick with sign at top reading "To Winton Place." Title supplied by cataloger.
A young girl, wearing a dress and apron, carries a wicker basket and tall stick, or staff, as she walks alongside a flock of geese in a field. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower right corner of mount. Also handwritten on album...
An African American family (a woman, a man or older child, and smaller three children) fish at the bank of a river. The woman stands in a white, short-sleeved dress. The young man kneels on one knee next to a little girl in a skirt. Everyone but...
An African-American gentleman in a suit stands next to an automobile. He's wearing a top hat and coat and carries a walking stick. Man and car are in front of a building with a window sign that reads, "Webb & Co., Live Stock Commission...
Beargrass Creek running through field with industrial buildings and a freight train in the background. Exposed drain or manholes stick out of the ground.
Blanche Preston Jones, wearing a long black dress and shawl, leans down to a suspender-clad little boy holding a stick in a wooded area (possibly Mayo Trail near Traipsin' Woman Cabin, Boyd County, Kentucky). Jones is said to be a descendant of...
Bouquet of violets and an emerald stick pin. Also written on the card: "Emerald, success in love" and "Violet, love-faithfulness." Postmarked 1909 on verso.
Boy with two baskets full of food. One basket contains red apples; the other contains cabbage, radishes and a chicken. The chicken's feet stick up out of the basket. The boy also carries a small bunch of flowers. Next to the boy is a poem:...
Men; Boys; Stringed instruments; Zithers; Banjos; Costumes--United States
Chick Thomas, left, sits on the ground outdoors, playing mountain dulcimer; Little Chick Thomas, costumed in a plaid shirt and suspenders, wears a knit cap and holds a stick; and Mr. Hutchison, an old man wearing a plaid shirt, overalls, and hat,...
Clark Gullett stands outdoors on a hill playing banjo, accompanied by his two young children: Harry Lee (playing gourd banjo) and Imogene (holding a stick or recorder). Title supplied by cataloger.
