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Clarence Tross with a banjo on his laps.

1. Folk Artist Clarence Tross

IDNO:
033871
Title:
Folk Artist Clarence Tross
Date:
1974
Description:
Clarence Tross with a banjo on his laps.

2. Clarence Tross Playing Banjo

IDNO:
027817
Title:
Clarence Tross Playing Banjo
Date:
1974
Aunt Jenny Wilson in her living room holding a banjo in her lap.

3. Aunt Jenny Wilson in Her Living Room, Peach Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
027816
Title:
Aunt Jenny Wilson in Her Living Room, Peach Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1974/04/27
Description:
Aunt Jenny Wilson in her living room holding a banjo in her lap.

4. Homemade Dulcimer Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W. Va.

IDNO:
027815
Title:
Homemade Dulcimer Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06

5. Solid Wood Dulcimer Belonging to Editha Loomis, Mannington, W.Va.

IDNO:
027813
Title:
Solid Wood Dulcimer Belonging to Editha Loomis, Mannington, W.Va.
Date:
1973

6. Homemade Dulcimer Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W.Va.

IDNO:
027812
Title:
Homemade Dulcimer Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W.Va.
Date:
1974/06

7. Hammer Dulcimer Made by Asel Gardener, Kingwood, W. Va.

IDNO:
027811
Title:
Hammer Dulcimer Made by Asel Gardener, Kingwood, W. Va.
Date:
1972/03
part of Charlie Blevin Collection.

8. Homemade Antique Banjo, Borderland, W. Va.

IDNO:
027810
Title:
Homemade Antique Banjo, Borderland, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
part of Charlie Blevin Collection.

9. Perry and Phoebe Parsons on Porch, Orma, W. Va.

IDNO:
027809
Title:
Perry and Phoebe Parsons on Porch, Orma, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
'This picture of J. Lozier was taken for a community festival in which he participated as a performer. J. Lozier insisted I take this print rather than taking a photograph of my own. TSB.'

10. Harmonica Player, John Lozier

IDNO:
027808
Title:
Harmonica Player, John Lozier
Description:
'This picture of J. Lozier was taken for a community festival in which he participated as a performer. J. Lozier insisted I take this print rather than taking a photograph of my own. TSB.'
Road to Pason's farm, seen in the background.

11. Country Road Leading to Pason's Farm

IDNO:
027807
Title:
Country Road Leading to Pason's Farm
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Road to Pason's farm, seen in the background.

12. Homemade Antique Banjo in Charlie Blevin's Collection, Borderland, W.Va.

IDNO:
027806
Title:
Homemade Antique Banjo in Charlie Blevin's Collection, Borderland, W.Va.
Date:
1974/06

13. Harmolin Owned by Editha Loomis, Mannington, W. Va.

IDNO:
027805
Title:
Harmolin Owned by Editha Loomis, Mannington, W. Va.
Date:
1973

14. Vera Yancey Johnson, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
027804
Title:
Vera Yancey Johnson, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1982/10/23

15. Hammer Dulcimer Made by Fred Gardner, Kingwood, W. Va.

IDNO:
027803
Title:
Hammer Dulcimer Made by Fred Gardner, Kingwood, W. Va.
'The "haunted house" along Highway 5 west of Glenville, referred to by Virgil and Ernest Danley in their ghost stories.'

16. Haunted House, West of Glenville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027802
Title:
Haunted House, West of Glenville, W. Va.
Date:
1975/02
Description:
'The "haunted house" along Highway 5 west of Glenville, referred to by Virgil and Ernest Danley in their ghost stories.'

17. Mrs. Senator Cotrill Wife in Husband's Shop Listening to Fiddle, Nicut, W. Va.

IDNO:
027801
Title:
Mrs. Senator Cotrill Wife in Husband's Shop Listening to Fiddle, Nicut, W. Va.
Date:
1974

18. Arden Cogar in Standing Block Chopping Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027800
Title:
Arden Cogar in Standing Block Chopping Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1975/05/24
Group of men and women sit in Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W.Va.

19. Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W.Va.

IDNO:
027799
Title:
Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W.Va.
Date:
1975/03/14
Description:
Group of men and women sit in Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W.Va.
From left to right: Armantha Mayle, Elizabeth Mayle, Lyda Gunther, Orpha Mayle, Fern Culversen, Frank Peoples, Bertha Newman, Silvia Mayle, Canzetta Johnson

20. Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Church, Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
027798
Title:
Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Church, Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
1975/03/14
Description:
From left to right: Armantha Mayle, Elizabeth Mayle, Lyda Gunther, Orpha Mayle, Fern Culversen, Frank Peoples, Bertha Newman, Silvia Mayle, Canzetta Johnson
Charles Blevins playing a homemade banjo in his collection, Borderland, W.Va.

21. Charles Blevins Playing Homemade Banjo, Borderland, W.Va.

IDNO:
027795
Title:
Charles Blevins Playing Homemade Banjo, Borderland, W.Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Charles Blevins playing a homemade banjo in his collection, Borderland, W.Va.
'Pearlie' dances while playing and singing.

22. Luther Pearl Corron, One Man Band, Summersville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027785
Title:
Luther Pearl Corron, One Man Band, Summersville, W. Va.
Date:
1974/10
Description:
'Pearlie' dances while playing and singing.
Percy on the left with violin and Brent on the right with the guitar.

23. Percy and Brent Snyder Playing Together, Gilmer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027784
Title:
Percy and Brent Snyder Playing Together, Gilmer County, W. Va.
Date:
1973/06
Description:
Percy on the left with violin and Brent on the right with the guitar.

24. Sherman Hammons Playing the Banjo, Williams River, W. Va.

IDNO:
027783
Title:
Sherman Hammons Playing the Banjo, Williams River, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06

25. Ora Knissel Playing the Violin, Westover, W. Va.

IDNO:
027782
Title:
Ora Knissel Playing the Violin, Westover, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04

26. Mrs. Sarah Burrows with an Accordian She Used to Play, Gassaway, W. Va.

IDNO:
027781
Title:
Mrs. Sarah Burrows with an Accordian She Used to Play, Gassaway, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04/12

27. Mrs. Sarah Burrows, Gassaway, W. Va.

IDNO:
027780
Title:
Mrs. Sarah Burrows, Gassaway, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04/12
Standing in front of a home on the Birch River.

28. Perle and Mattie Barnette, Birch River, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027779
Title:
Perle and Mattie Barnette, Birch River, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1974/02/18
Description:
Standing in front of a home on the Birch River.
Part of Charlie Blevins' collection of antiques on display at the Red Robin Inn.

29. Homemade Banjo Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W. Va.

IDNO:
027778
Title:
Homemade Banjo Belonging to Charles Blevins, Borderland, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Part of Charlie Blevins' collection of antiques on display at the Red Robin Inn.

30. Homemade Banjo Belonging to Charles Blevins, Williamson, W. Va.

IDNO:
027777
Title:
Homemade Banjo Belonging to Charles Blevins, Williamson, W. Va.
Date:
1975/06/28

31. Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W. Va.

IDNO:
027776
Title:
Bible Study Class, Chestnut Ridge Methodist Church, Philippi, W. Va.
Date:
1975/03/14

32. Henry Burns, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
027775
Title:
Henry Burns, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06

33. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Mayle, Chestnut Ridge, Barbour County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027774
Title:
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Mayle, Chestnut Ridge, Barbour County, W. Va.
Date:
1975/06

34. Howard Summons Playing the Banjo, Gassaway, W. Va.

IDNO:
027773
Title:
Howard Summons Playing the Banjo, Gassaway, W. Va.
Date:
1974

35. Ellery Brown at his Farm off the Grafton Road, W. Va.

IDNO:
027772
Title:
Ellery Brown at his Farm off the Grafton Road, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06

36. William Bragg on the Harmonica, Widen, W. Va.

IDNO:
027771
Title:
William Bragg on the Harmonica, Widen, W. Va.
Date:
1974

37. Perrie Shaffer in his Living Room, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027755
Title:
Perrie Shaffer in his Living Room, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1976/10

38. Perrie Shaffer Playing the Jew's Harp, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027754
Title:
Perrie Shaffer Playing the Jew's Harp, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1976/10

39. Hugh Gregory on the Banjo, Heaters, W. Va.

IDNO:
027753
Title:
Hugh Gregory on the Banjo, Heaters, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04/11

40. Bud Sandy on the Banjo, Orlando, Braxton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027752
Title:
Bud Sandy on the Banjo, Orlando, Braxton County, W. Va.
Date:
1974

41. Gus McGee on the Violin, Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
027751
Title:
Gus McGee on the Violin, Elkins, W. Va.
Date:
1972

42. Ira Mullins on the Violin, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027750
Title:
Ira Mullins on the Violin, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1972

43. Phyllis Marks Singing, Cox's Mill, W. Va.

IDNO:
027749
Title:
Phyllis Marks Singing, Cox's Mill, W. Va.
Date:
1975/02

44. Folk Musician Oscar Basil Yancey, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
027748
Title:
Folk Musician Oscar Basil Yancey, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1982/10/23
Harry playing the fiddle and Hub on the banjo.

45. Folk Musicians Harry Dickson and Herb Pitzer, Lindside, W. Va.

IDNO:
027747
Title:
Folk Musicians Harry Dickson and Herb Pitzer, Lindside, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Harry playing the fiddle and Hub on the banjo.

46. Folk Musician Senator Cotrill, Mound's Run near Nicut, W. Va.

IDNO:
027746
Title:
Folk Musician Senator Cotrill, Mound's Run near Nicut, W. Va.
Date:
1974

47. Mrs. Rosa B. Hardman, Victor, W. Va.

IDNO:
027667
Title:
Mrs. Rosa B. Hardman, Victor, W. Va.
Date:
1974

48. Mrs. Cora Hamrick, Summersville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027666
Title:
Mrs. Cora Hamrick, Summersville, W. Va.
Date:
1974

49. Mrs. Hugh Gregory with her Homemade Quilt, Heaters, W. Va.

IDNO:
027665
Title:
Mrs. Hugh Gregory with her Homemade Quilt, Heaters, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04/11

50. Sam Fletcher Singing in His Home in Fayetteville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027664
Title:
Sam Fletcher Singing in His Home in Fayetteville, W. Va.
Date:
1975/02
Mr. Maynard Coal plays the Banjo as the Mrs. listens.

51. Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Coal at Home, Diana, W. Va.

IDNO:
027663
Title:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Coal at Home, Diana, W. Va.
Date:
1975/04/13
Description:
Mr. Maynard Coal plays the Banjo as the Mrs. listens.

52. Car Washing at Kelly's Tank, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027662
Title:
Car Washing at Kelly's Tank, Mercer County, W. Va.

53. Fred Carper Playing Guitar at Kelly's Tank, Mercer County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027661
Title:
Fred Carper Playing Guitar at Kelly's Tank, Mercer County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/05/21
Fred Carper playing the guitar as the neighborhood children sit and listen.

54. Fred Carper Playing for Neighborhood Children on the Carper's Porch

IDNO:
027660
Title:
Fred Carper Playing for Neighborhood Children on the Carper's Porch
Date:
1972
Description:
Fred Carper playing the guitar as the neighborhood children sit and listen.
Fred Carper playing the Guitar as Thomas Brown and neighbor listen.

55. Thomas Brown and Fred Carper

IDNO:
027659
Title:
Thomas Brown and Fred Carper
Date:
1972
Description:
Fred Carper playing the Guitar as Thomas Brown and neighbor listen.
Bill Williams playing the Guitar.

56. Bill Williams, Greenup, Ky.

IDNO:
027658
Title:
Bill Williams, Greenup, Ky.
Date:
1973
Description:
Bill Williams playing the Guitar.
Homer Walker playing the banjo and Thomas Brown holding a mic in Giles County, Virginia near Princeton, W. Va.

57. Homer Walker and Tom Brown, Glen Lyn, Va.

IDNO:
027657
Title:
Homer Walker and Tom Brown, Glen Lyn, Va.
Date:
1972/08
Description:
Homer Walker playing the banjo and Thomas Brown holding a mic in Giles County, Virginia near Princeton, W. Va.
Homer Walker playing the banjo.

58. Homer Walker, Glen Lyn, Va.

IDNO:
027656
Title:
Homer Walker, Glen Lyn, Va.
Date:
1972/08
Description:
Homer Walker playing the banjo.
During the summer of 1973.

59. Harry Carpenter, Birch River, W. Va.

IDNO:
027575
Title:
Harry Carpenter, Birch River, W. Va.
Date:
1973
Description:
During the summer of 1973.
During the summer of 1973.

60. Harry Carpenter, Birch River, W. Va.

IDNO:
027574
Title:
Harry Carpenter, Birch River, W. Va.
Date:
1973
Description:
During the summer of 1973.

61. Ernest Danley, 87, Telling Ghost Story, Glenville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027573
Title:
Ernest Danley, 87, Telling Ghost Story, Glenville, W. Va.
Date:
1975/02

62. Virgil Danley, Telling Story, Glenville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027572
Title:
Virgil Danley, Telling Story, Glenville, W. Va.
Date:
1975/02

63. Folk Musician Luther Pearl Corron, Summersville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027571
Title:
Folk Musician Luther Pearl Corron, Summersville, W. Va.
Date:
1974/10
Age 75

64. Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027540
Title:
Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/07
Description:
Age 75

65. Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027539
Title:
Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/08

66. Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027538
Title:
Lee Triplett Playing the Fiddle, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1972/08
Norman Zumbach in the 'living room' of his trailer house / gun shop.

67. Norman Zumbach Playing the Fiddle, Helvetia W. Va.

IDNO:
027537
Title:
Norman Zumbach Playing the Fiddle, Helvetia W. Va.
Date:
1972/05
Description:
Norman Zumbach in the 'living room' of his trailer house / gun shop.

68. Left Hand of Melvin Wine Playing Fiddle, Copen, W. Va.

IDNO:
027536
Title:
Left Hand of Melvin Wine Playing Fiddle, Copen, W. Va.
Date:
1972

69. Lee Blankenship Playing Banjo, Lewisburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
027535
Title:
Lee Blankenship Playing Banjo, Lewisburg, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06

70. Perrie Shaffer Playing 'Concertina,' Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027534
Title:
Perrie Shaffer Playing 'Concertina,' Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1976/10

71. Norman Zumbach Playing Fiddle, Helvetia W. Va.

IDNO:
027533
Title:
Norman Zumbach Playing Fiddle, Helvetia W. Va.
Date:
1972/06
'Maynard Cool, Diana, W.Va., just as I found him on April 12, 1975.'

72. Maynard Cool Playing Banjo, Diana, W.Va.

IDNO:
027532
Title:
Maynard Cool Playing Banjo, Diana, W.Va.
Date:
1975/04/12
Description:
'Maynard Cool, Diana, W.Va., just as I found him on April 12, 1975.'

73. Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky

IDNO:
027530
Title:
Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky
Date:
1973

74. Index to Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027529
Title:
Index to Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

75. Index to Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027528
Title:
Index to Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Fingerboard is made of slate. Clyde Stowers of Champanville is the owner.

76. Banjo with Homemade Neck and Fingerboard, Chapmanville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027527
Title:
Banjo with Homemade Neck and Fingerboard, Chapmanville, W. Va.
Date:
1973
Description:
Fingerboard is made of slate. Clyde Stowers of Champanville is the owner.

77. Banjo Fingerboard Made of Slate Owned by Clyde Stowers, Chapmanville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027526
Title:
Banjo Fingerboard Made of Slate Owned by Clyde Stowers, Chapmanville, W. Va.
Date:
1973
'Home of Clyde Stowers, Logan County, owner of fretless banjo with slate fingerboard.'

78. Home of Clyde Stowers, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027525
Title:
Home of Clyde Stowers, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1973
Description:
'Home of Clyde Stowers, Logan County, owner of fretless banjo with slate fingerboard.'

79. Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky

IDNO:
027524
Title:
Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky
Date:
1973

80. Woody Simmons (Left) and Dewey Hamrick (Right), Monterville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027522
Title:
Woody Simmons (Left) and Dewey Hamrick (Right), Monterville, W. Va.
Date:
1972/07

81. Woody Simmons (Left) and Dewey Hamrick (Right), Monterville, W. Va.

IDNO:
027521
Title:
Woody Simmons (Left) and Dewey Hamrick (Right), Monterville, W. Va.
Date:
1972/07

82. Perrie Shaffer Playing 'Concertina,' Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027520
Title:
Perrie Shaffer Playing 'Concertina,' Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1976/10

83. Contestant in Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027519
Title:
Contestant in Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1975/05/24

84. Turkey Calling Contest Contestant, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027518
Title:
Turkey Calling Contest Contestant, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1975/05/24
Standing behind Davis is Don Turner; in the truck is Herbert Harper, the mail carrier. Photo taken in Brushy Run across from Davis' home in Onego. All three are deceased (2010).

85. Charlie Davis Playing Banjo, Onego, W. Va.

IDNO:
027506
Title:
Charlie Davis Playing Banjo, Onego, W. Va.
Date:
1974/06
Description:
Standing behind Davis is Don Turner; in the truck is Herbert Harper, the mail carrier. Photo taken in Brushy Run across from Davis' home in Onego. All three are deceased (2010).
'Contestant is shaking his head, making the 'gobble.'

86. Contestant in Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
027505
Title:
Contestant in Turkey Calling Contest, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1975/05/24
Description:
'Contestant is shaking his head, making the 'gobble.'

87. Hazel and Clarence Stover, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027504
Title:
Hazel and Clarence Stover, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1977

88. Hazel Stover Playing Guitar and Singing Hymns, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027503
Title:
Hazel Stover Playing Guitar and Singing Hymns, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1977

89. Hazel Stover Singing a Hymn, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
027502
Title:
Hazel Stover Singing a Hymn, Clay County, W. Va.
Date:
1977

90. Hazel Stover Playing Guitar, Clay, W. Va.

IDNO:
027501
Title:
Hazel Stover Playing Guitar, Clay, W. Va.
Date:
1977
'Mrs. Myrtle Stemple singing a childrens' play song, 'Here's a Ball for Baby.'

91. Myrtle Stemple Singing, Tacy, W.Va.

IDNO:
027500
Title:
Myrtle Stemple Singing, Tacy, W.Va.
Date:
1975/05/21
Description:
'Mrs. Myrtle Stemple singing a childrens' play song, 'Here's a Ball for Baby.'

92. Twins Lona Smith and Lola England Singing Ballads, Philippi, W.Va.

IDNO:
027499
Title:
Twins Lona Smith and Lola England Singing Ballads, Philippi, W.Va.
Date:
1975/05/23

93. Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky

IDNO:
027498
Title:
Bill Williams Playing Guitar in Greenup, Kentucky
Date:
1973

94. Crowd Gathered at Droop Mountain Folk Festival, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

IDNO:
027496
Title:
Crowd Gathered at Droop Mountain Folk Festival, Pocahontas County, W.Va.
Date:
1973/07/27-1973/07/29

95. Mrs. 'Ginny' Shultz

IDNO:
027495
Title:
Mrs. 'Ginny' Shultz
Date:
1974/07
'Lee Hammons, grandson of Sherman Hammons, at Sherman's Williams River area, W. Va. Tape Hammons 6-25-1974.'

96. Lee Hammons

IDNO:
027265
Title:
Lee Hammons
Date:
1974/06
Description:
'Lee Hammons, grandson of Sherman Hammons, at Sherman's Williams River area, W. Va. Tape Hammons 6-25-1974.'