Song Transcriptions by Pearl R. Nye, 01, English folk song
This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More
A "wetland drainage complex" on a contour mining reclamation site
Event: Tour of Reclamation Sites in White Oak and Surrounding Area. "Stacy Edmunds conducted a tour of sites she'd been using in her field study for her master's thesis in ecology. As she went, she explained th... More
Offering Blessing. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
People in photograph: Thomas, Keith Delivering a half serious, half joking prayer, Saturday, June 17, 1978 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American F... More
Candle Holder. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Used in bunkhouse; from Joe Boggio's basement museum Public domain reproduction of a teapot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultur... More
Granite Quarry. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Located up Lamance Creek behind Boggio 7Up Ranch, source of granite for stonemasons in the valley The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife C... More
Meal, Miller-Zatica Household. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collec...
Fixing schoolday lunch for great-grandchildren People in photograph: Zatica, Delfina; Babbs, Stephanie; Babbs, Frank The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the ... More
Monarch Malleable Iron Range. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collect...
Chicken house warmer at right Maker: Malleable Iron Range Co. Beaver Dam, Wisconsin The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the L... More
Water Witch. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Holding a green forked willow stick for water witching People in photograph: Schwartz, Rudolph The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Cent... More
Saddles and Saddletree. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Maker: Tipton, Ken Unfinished saddle, with underskirt, on right; saddletree on ground The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the... More
Butchering Tools. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project... More
Motel Room of Fieldworker Richard Ahlborn
Public domain photograph of a cabin interior, small room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Old Hatchet. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Belonged to Joe Boggio's father, Steve Boggio Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folkli... More
Nevada Wonderstone Fireplace. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collect...
Builder: Ramasco, Antone Occupants: Schwartz, Lyman and Norma Fireplace in main residence built from Nevada wonderstone or wonder rock (rhyolite), 1954 The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural docum... More
Old Trowel. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Belonged to Joe Boggio's father, Steve Boggio Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folkli... More
Halloween Visitors. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Behind the basket of apples were a container of orange cupcakes The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural documentation project undertaken by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress i... More
Trimming Deer Carcass. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
People in photograph: Cassinelli, Pete; Cassinelli, Danny Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise V... More
Living Room, 4R Ranch. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
In main residence Occupants: Klaumann, Stan and Janice Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Project wa... More
Altar boy with cross and men with banners at the head of the processio...
Forms part of a group of images documenting the annual San Rocco procession, sponsored by the Montescaglioso Club of Paterson, as it passes through the People's Park neighborhood of Paterson, New Jersey.
Assembly of God Church, Sundial, West Virginia
She preached that night at the Sundial Assembly Church of God. Event: Prayer Service at the Assembly of God Church.
The case holding cassette tapes of recorded Italian music.
Forms part of a group of images documenting Sanremo Italian Imports, owned and operated by Ralph Venezia, an Italian American from Montescaglioso in the Basilicata region of Italy. Ralph says that he has a bett... More
Manuel Cintron repairing the yoke on a Watson buncher.
Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 5, 1994.
Engineer Pete McComiskey looking through blueprints in the engineering...
Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 10, 1994.
Barber Louis McDowell demonstrates stropping his razor.
Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.
Joe Kachler drilling holes in small shafts using the drill press.
Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 9, 1994.
Photos, haircut names and fees, and other materials on the wall of McD...
Forms part of a group of images depicting scenes at McDowell's Barber Shop, 400 River Street, Paterson, New Jersey on September 13, 1994.
Randy Sprouse inspecting the ginseng he's dug
Since the 17th century, when a Jesuit priest in Canada identified ginseng (Panax quinquefolia) as a root prized in Asia and therefore exportable, ginseng has provided an annual source of cash for people living ... More
"Aunt" Eva Burnside with her grandson, Dean Bradford
Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek (an annual event).
Dogwoods (Cornus florida) and redbuds (Cercis canadensis) a.k.a. "Juda...
Event: Mixed Mesophytic Forest Topography in Spring. Public domain photograph - historical image of Florida, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Detail of a square from a sampler quilt made by Margie Miller
Event: Quilting Bee. "Each Tuesday morning from September through May, a number of women on Drews Creek get together to quilt. Sometimes they quilt at the Ramp House, a community center at the head of Drews Cre... More
Dave Bailey, guitar, and Homer Pettry, banjo, playing in Dave's living...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Civic Center Plaza Ethnic Dance Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-5, at the Civic Center Plaza Ethnic Dance Festival: unidentified da... More
African American craft makers: Katy Gregory and daughter, Ethel Lois J...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-2, interior of Mrs. Katy Gregory's home, 335 W. 114th, Chicago; 3-7... More
Christmas manger, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts; Little Cana...
Index data: 1-4, Christmas manger, Lowell City Hall. Close-up of statues of Virgin Mary and Christ child; 5-6, Long view of manger; 7, Long view of manger, with City Hall visible in background; 8-9, Medium view... More
Hellenic American School, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photograph...
Index data: HELLENIC AMERICAN SCHOOL. 1-2, Kindergarten age children seated at desks; 3, Kindergarten teacher with class; 4, Close-up of girl in kindergarten class; 5, Same as 4, different girl; 6-10, Views of ... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1958 April-June Barclays Bank Ltd
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, c...
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center performance studies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Laschet Inn (German American bar), 2119 West Irving Park Rd., Chicago,...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0a-2, wall mural at Inn; located over the traditional Stammtisch, the... More
Miles City; Quilts - Montana folklife collection
Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Costume dolls of Irma Sieb, Chicago, Illinois
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-20, photos of dolls made by Irma Sieb (3816 N. Hermitage, Chicago), secretary of the Donauschwaben Club of Chicago. These dolls show some of the traditional women's costumes of Da... More
Shape Note Singing Convention, Stranger Home Baptist Church, 1451 W 63...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-33, a cappella (shape note) singing convention, Stranger Home Bapti... More
St. Joseph Athletic Association's 51st Annual Parade, Chicago, Illinoi...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-8, readying the statue of St. Joseph for the St. Joseph Athletic As... More
Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-20, General shots while Buddy is working on Bill McLaughlin
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Calendars and address books
1985 Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1955 Nov-Dec receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Performances at Theresa's Lounge, 4801 South Indiana Ave., Chicago, Il...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-2, 9-13, unidentified dancers at Theresa's Lounge, 46th and Indiana... More
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Particular care in cutting around the eyes; 5-7, Particular care where the skin is very thin around the nose and mouth; 8-11, The skin, head and neck portions after skinning; 12-20, Removing an... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Haiti, 1936-1937
6/9; Correspondence from Zora Neale Hurston to Alan Lomax, 1936-06-07 and 1936-11-25;Correspondence from Mary Elizabeth Barnicle to JAL and AL postmarked NYC 5/15/35; AFC to AL 1994; Herskovits to AL 1937-07-20... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1957 July-Aug receipts Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Georgia Fishing, South Georgia. ethnographic collection
See field notes: 157-176 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia ... More
Buildings, houses of Butte, Montana - Montana folklife collection
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Annual Midwest Fleadh Cheoil at Bogen High School, Chicago, Illinois; ...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-11, Irish music competion at Bogan high school; 11a-31, Siegfried S... More
John Hemonas, bouzouki player, Chicago, Illinois
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-5, John Hemonas, bouzouki player, 4450 N. Kedzie, Chicago; 6-7, John's wife, Chrisoula, holding Easter basket in knitted cover - note icon corner at upper right of slide - a fuste... More
Europe at Night nightclub, 2986 Elston, Chicago, Illinois; Los Amantes...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-5, musicians at Europe at Night, 2986 N. Elston, Chicago (Yugoslav ... More
C.E.T.A. workshop for National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET) at the "o...
Index data: 1-3, Tracy Anderson; 4-6, Wynetta Johnson (technical assistant for NBET productions); 7, Dayle Harden (technical assistant for NBET productions); 8, Ramona Baily (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 9, ... More
Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09
Shahzad Hafeez is from Pakistan. He discusses being trained as an engineer and becoming a hairdresser in the United States. He talks about the difference of Indian hair compared to European hair and how Indian ... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1953 May, receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1947 Jan-Aug Amalgamated Bank of New York
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Calendars and address books
1960 Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Choreometrics, ...
Public domain scan of American Folklife Center performance studies, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Saturday morning bread baking at Al's Bakery, Loomis and Taylor Street...
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-2, Saturday morning bread baking at Al's Bakery, Taylor and Loomis Streets, Chicago, Al Davino removing loaves from oven; 3-5, finished loaves of bread, not wrapped until sold; 6-... More
Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island
Index data: 1-4, Particular care in cutting around the eyes; 5-7, Particular care where the skin is very thin around the nose and mouth; 8-11, The skin, head and neck portions after skinning; 12-20, Removing an... More
Home of Mr. Jae K. Lee, Chicago, Illinois
Image numbers, descriptions: 1-9, examples of lacquered wood furniture inlaid with mother-of-pearl, brought from Korea, at the home of Mr. Jae K. Lee, 6225 N. Claremont, Chicago; 10-14, lacquered box inlaid wit... More
Jimmy Walker, piano player, Chicago, Illinois
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-36, rehearsal with Jimmie Walker (750 E. 46th St.,Chicago) and his ... More
Franco-American picnic, Westford, Massachusetts documentary photograph...
Index data: FRANCO-AMERICAN PICNIC AT MRS. FRAN MILOT FOREST'S, 17 MILOT RD., WESTFORD, Massachusetts. 1-2, Man reciting "Pack of Cards."; 3, Audience listening; 4, Table with Fran Forest's mother, Mr. and Mrs.... More
Pig roast at home of Felix Luna, Chapel St., Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: PIG ROAST, HOME OF FELIX LUNA. 2, Boy looking at roasting pig; 3, Mario Montano sitting in corner of plastic shelter, pig in foreground; 4-6, Same as 3, with two boys; 7-8, Woman standing outside of... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Bridson, Geoffrey
1967-1977 Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript correspondence, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Southeast Asian grocery store, Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: The following photographs were made at the Southeast Asian Restaurant and grocery store., 1; Female cook or kitchen worker inside restaurant; 2, Bulk food in back of restaurant; 3-4, Posed portrait ... More
Maxwell Street Market, Chicago, Illinois ethnic arts project
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-17a, at the Maxwell Street market, faces in the Sunday market; 3-4,... More
Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago, Illinois
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-36, street scenes at Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago
Southeast Asian grocery store, Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: The following photographs were made at the Southeast Asian Restaurant and grocery store., 1; Female cook or kitchen worker inside restaurant; 2, Bulk food in back of restaurant; 3-4, Posed portrait ... More
Mother Key's Memorial Church of God in Christ congregation, Newport, R...
Index data: 2-37, Mother Key church congregation, including 3, 25-28, Mother Key
Franco-American Day School, Lowell, Massachusetts
Index data: FRANCO-AMERICAN DAY SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 10, 1988. 1-3, Altar in school chapel; 4-5, Long view of altar, with rows of pews and chapel windows visible; 6-12, Multicultural education class in Sr. Jane Hol... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1955 Nov-Dec receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Norwegian rosemaling at Norway Center, 2350 N. Kedzie Blvd., Logan Squ...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0a-2, student practicing; 2a-7, students practicing; 7a, students pra... More
Eddie Gerspacher's sheep wagon - Montana folklife collection
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Europe at Night nightclub, 2986 Elston, Chicago, Illinois; Los Amantes...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-5, musicians at Europe at Night, 2986 N. Elston, Chicago (Yugoslav ... More
Easter midnight service, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lowell, M...
Index data: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Easter Midnight Service. 1-36, Views of candle-lighting ceremony taken from choir balcony. Various time exposures.
Shape Note Singing Convention, Stranger Home Baptist Church, 1451 W 63...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-33, a cappella (shape note) singing convention, Stranger Home Bapti... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1952 undated, receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1950 receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1957 July-Aug receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Los Compadres Market, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs
Index data: 1-3, Door with Christmas decoration: Feliz Navidad; 4-5, View of Middle St.; 6, Close-up of architectural detail; 7-9, Portraits of Paul Marion in Commission office; 10-11, Exterior views of the Tra... More
Sunday morning services at Northside United Pentecostal Church, 1527 W...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-2, interior of Northside United Pentecostal church, 1527 W. Edgewat... More
Easter midnight service, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lowell, M...
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Easter Midnight Service. 1-36, Views of candle-lighting ceremony taken from choir balcony. Various time exposures.
Baking camas bulbs in earthen oven by Agnes Vanderburg at her summer c...
Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago; M.C. Barrett, astrologer, Chica...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-19, neighborhoods around Jazz Alley, 50th and Langley, Chicago; 20-... More
St. Ann's Church service, baptisms, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Index data: 2-37, General shots of Catholic service; Congregation mostly French-Canadian; 17-37, Baptism of several babies
Checkerboard Lounge, 423 E. 43rd St., Chicago; Muddy Waters, Jr., Chic...
Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-13, unidentified band at the Checkerboard Lounge, 423 E. 43rd St., ... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Performance style, Cantometrics, t...
Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts studies collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1950 receipts Public domain scan of American Folklife Center document, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...
B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1960 Jan-June Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1947 Jan-Aug Amalgamated Bank of New York
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1947 Sept-Dec Amalgamated Bank of New York
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1960 Jan-June Chemical Corn Exchange Bank
Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Alan Lomax, 1936, 1941-1997
1947 Sept-Dec Amalgamated Bank of New York
Conversation with 17 year old white male, White Pine, Tennessee (Trans...
For rights information contact the collector’s institution: University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC 17 year old white male. Talks about encountering Bigfoot; a typical day; animals; and school.
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[Roger Mathews (harmonica), Willie Flowers (guitar), and Booker T. Sap...
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas. Handwritten on back: "82-62... More
Postcard of Funicular at Oropa Santuario, Italy, ca. 1938
Inscription: "Funivia Oropa, Lago Mucrone;" from near Biella, Italy, the Recanzone family home
Bunkhouse Side Chair. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection
Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Made ca. 1940 for the Bradshaw line camp cabin, the plank construction of this chair is a modern, western variation of a traditional European type The Paradise Valley Folklife... More