Jimmy Martin
date: label: negative
content: 1972
label: print
content: 2003
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Martin, Jimmy
label: maker
content: Horenstein, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Jimmy Martin (James Henry Martin, 1927-2005) has been described as "the king" of the bluegrass lead singers. Early in his career, Martin played and wrote with Bill Monroe, and worked briefly with the Osborne Brothers. In 1955 he began to lead his own group, the Sunny Mountain Boys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
topic: label: Subject
content: Musicians
label: Subject
content: Men
label: related event
content: Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
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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: 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: 2003.0169.012
label: accession number
content: 2003.0169
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0169.012
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