Photograph of Joe Val
date: label: negative
content: 1972
label: negative
content: 1972
name: label: maker
content: Horenstein, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: In the 1970s and 1980s, photographer Henry Horenstein documented the lives and performances of country and bluegrass musicians. The time marked the end of an era of less commercialism and closer relationships between fans and musicians. It was a time when the casual atmosphere of outdoor venues was popular, and the music fans could often meet their favorite musicians in the parking lots or other areas of the grounds. In this image, taken in 1972 at Indian Ranch in Webster, Massachusetts, bluegrass musician and singer Joe Val (1926-1985) plays a Gibson mandolin in a picnic area. He is accompanied by other guitarists and is being watched by fans. Val (born Joseph Valiante) was an accomplished mandolinist and guitarist who played both traditional and progressive bluegrass in his band, the New England Bluegrass Boys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Webster, Indian Ranch
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Photography
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Horenstein, Henry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0169.072
label: accession number
content: 2003.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0169.072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm