Roscoe Holcomb
date: label: negative
content: 1972
label: print
content: 2003
name: label: maker
content: Horenstein, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Roscoe Holcomb (1911-1981) embodied the "high, lonesome sound" of traditional Appalachian songs. A banjo player and singer, he spent most of his life in the small town of Daisy, Kentucky, working for a living with no aspirations to become a star. Smithsonian folklorist John Cohen recorded Holcomb at home in 1959. That recording led to performances at bluegrass festivals and an international tour with the Stanley Brothers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
topic: label: Subject
content: Musicians
label: Subject
content: Men
label: Subject
content: Elderly
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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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: 2003.0169.028
label: accession number
content: 2003.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0169.028
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: gelatin silver print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm