WPA folk music project: six men with instruments outdoors.
Title
WPA folk music project : six men with instruments outdoors .
Creator
Thomas, Jean, 1881-1982 (collector)
Description
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 musician can be seen at the far left , playing fiddle . They are apparently involved in the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project , a New Deal relief program that employed citizens to create and document art and artists . These musicians (left to right) play : fiddle (older man and younger man seated next to one another) ; banjo (man with curly hair standing in back row) ; mountain dulcimer (played with quill by seated man) ; and guitar (two young men at right , one seated , one standing) . One of the men may be named Archie Williams . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
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
People Pictured
Williams, Archie
Date Original
1936?
Object Type
Negatives
Source
2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. 1979.33.0657 in the Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jthom/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1979.33.0657
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