Stringbean
date: label: negative
content: 1972
label: print
content: 2003
name: label: maker
content: Horenstein, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Nationally known by the 1950s, "Stringbean" David Akeman (1915-1973) was a country comedian and exceptional banjo player. He is credited with reviving interest in the banjo in bluegrass and country music. He made his first banjo from a shoebox and string, and later went on to play with Bill Monroe's Band. Uncle Dave Macon mentioned Stringbean in classic jokes and traditional tunes, and was among the first Opry members to join the cast of Hee Haw. Publicity photographs in the background of this picture include Jean Shepherd, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Stringbean himself, Bobby Lord, Bill Anderson, Flatt and Scruggs, the Browns, and the Four Guys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson, Grand Ole Opry
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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: 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: 2003.0169.031
label: accession number
content: 2003.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0169.031
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