Seeger, a composer, is a brother of ... Seeger, the war poet. His wife is a distinguished violinist
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A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Photo shows ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger, seated in automobile, with family, standing, left to right: wife, Constance Seeger, concert violinist, holding son Pete, and sons John and Charles. The family is ready to leave Washington, D.C., for their 1921 "trailer trip" musical expedition to bring classical music to rural areas (Source: Steve Winick, 2014)
Title from related, adjacent negative.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch seven.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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