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Christmas manger, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts; Little Canada monument, Lowell, Massachusetts; Phnom Penh market, Lowell, Massachusetts

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 photographs

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

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, General shots while Buddy is working on Bill McLaughlin

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island

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

Georgia Fishing, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

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

C.E.T.A. workshop for National Black Ensemble Theatre (NBET) at the "old Navy Y," 50 Washington Square; Dinner at Leslie Elston's; Larry Sanders building solar greenhouse , Newport, Rhode Island

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

National Folk Festival, Lowell Massachusetts documentary photographs

National Folk Festival, Lowell Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL. 1-2, Opening concert at JFK plaza; 3-5, Man dancing with infant; 6, Mother with little girl; 7, Jazz parade to North Common with Doc Poulin's Jazz Band; 8, Jazz parade, man w... More

Shahzad Hafeez interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-09

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

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island

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

Franco-American picnic, Westford, Massachusetts documentary photographs

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

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

Southeast Asian grocery store, Lowell, Massachusetts

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

Southeast Asian grocery store, Lowell, Massachusetts

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, Rhode Island

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

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

Easter midnight service, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lowell, Massachusetts

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.

Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall. 1-4, View looking toward Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, St. Patrick's Church, and North Common Park; 5-7, View looking toward Cardinal O'Connell Parkway; 8-11, Vi... More

Los Compadres Market, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

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

Easter midnight service, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Lowell, Massachusetts

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.

St. Ann's Church service, baptisms, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

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

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

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

Religious yard art, Joe Mello's yard, Lowell, Massachusetts

Religious yard art, Joe Mello's yard, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: 2 1/4'' Color Transparency Film. 1-2, Yard religious art: Our Lady of Fatima. Joe Mello's yard; 3-7, Male saint holding Christ child, Joe Mello's; 8, Our Lady of Fatima, from rear. Joe Mello's yard.

Charles Arnold, firewood producer, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Charles Arnold, firewood producer, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-2, General shot of the wood pile; 3-4, The saw and bulldozer scoop for holding the cut logs; 5-6, Starting the motor to run the saw; 7-11, Cutting the wood into 1 1/2-2 ft. lengths; 12-17, The log... More

John R. Griffin, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

John R. Griffin, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenti... More

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Lawrence Freeman interview conducted by Candacy Taylor, 2012-08-15

Freeman has been doing hair for about forty years. His clients include Farrah Fawcett, Halston, Debbie Harry, Olympia Dukakis, and Eartha Kitt. His salon is in Provincetown, Massachusetts, a small town in the n... More

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island

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

Teens in gym making something out of papier mache, Rhode Island

Teens in gym making something out of papier mache, Rhode Island

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Compadres Spanish American store, owned by Hipolito Rivera, Lowell, Massachusetts

Los Compadres Spanish American store, owned by Hipolito Rivera, Lowell...

Index data: 1, "Los Compadres Spanish American store, owned by Hipolito Rivera; 2, Spanish magazine rack at "Los Compadres neighborhood store; 3, Spanish videos at "Los Compadres neighborhood store; 4, Lard at ... More

Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: Clock Tower, Lowell City Hall. 1-4, View looking toward Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, St. Patrick's Church, and North Common Park; 5-7, View looking toward Cardinal O'Connell Parkway; 8-11, Vi... More

Greek Independence Day program, Hellenic Cultural Center, Lowell, Massachusetts; Neighborhood mapping project, Salem State University, Lowell, Massachusetts; Good Friday Oblate Hispanic Mission, Lowell, Massachusetts

Greek Independence Day program, Hellenic Cultural Center, Lowell, Mass...

Index data: LUNCH FOR GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY, GIVEN BY VASSILIOS "BILL" GIAVIS, BRUSH WITH HISTORY GALLERY. 1-2, Bill Giavis cutting lamb. Underexposed; 3, Counter with wines and bread. Underexposed; 4, Potatoe... More

Mapping demonstration by Steve Matchak, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts

Mapping demonstration by Steve Matchak, Salem State College, Salem, Ma...

Index data: 2-4, Steve Matchak demonstrates computer program with mapping applications as Doug DeNatale (right) looks on. Demonstration takes place at Geography Dept., computer lab, Salem State College, Salem, ... More

Election Day, City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Election Day, City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: The following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 0-17, Election returns being reported and compiled at City Hall. 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 17 are good photos.

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Island

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...

Index data: 1-14, The body and neck forms and their placement in the bird, attaching leg and wing wires through the body form; 15, Louis Wolfe; 16-20, Mounting the bird on a mounting board

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: With the exception of frame 0 through 3, all of the following photographs are of teenagers, young adults, and their cars in Central Plaza. 0 Five teenage Caucasian boys in doorway on street outside ... More

Carnaval celebration, St. Anthony Parish Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Carnaval celebration, St. Anthony Parish Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: CARNAVAL CELEBRATION, HOLY GHOST SOCIETY. 1, Two little girls on dance floor, one in clown costume; 2, Two teenage girls dancing together; 3, Teenage couples on dance floor; 4, Little boys clowning ... More

Carnaval celebration, Holy Ghost Society, Lowell, Massachusetts

Carnaval celebration, Holy Ghost Society, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: CARNAVAL CELEBRATION, HOLY GHOST SOCIETY. 1, Two women in kitchen making patties of blood sausage; 2, Long view of women in kitchen around table, making blood sausage; 3, View of counter from kitche... More

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: With the exception of frame 0 through 3, all of the following photographs are of teenagers, young adults, and their cars in Central Plaza. 0 Five teenage Caucasian boys in doorway on street outside ... More

Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts

Cambodian musicians at the home of Sorn Veuk, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: All of these photographs relate to the performance of traditional Cambodian music at the home of Sorn Veuk, 50 Ware Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. The session Is being tape recorded by Doug DeNatale... More

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the sou... More

Kevin Fallon, fiddler, West Glocester, Rhode Island; Miriam Craig, apprentice wood carver, Chepachet, Rhode Island

Kevin Fallon, fiddler, West Glocester, Rhode Island; Miriam Craig, app...

Index data: 3-19, Kevin Fallon, fiddler, in various poses, West Glocester, Rhode Island; 20, Large Teddy Bear cookie in home of Miriam Craig, Chepachet, Rhode Island; 21, Wooden toy gun carved by Miriam Craig; ... More

The story of five dogs

The story of five dogs

Also available in digital form.

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the sou... More

More Celtic fairy tales, by Joseph Jacobs

More Celtic fairy tales, by Joseph Jacobs

Also available in digital form.

Haven Brothers, food truck, Providence, Rhode Island

Haven Brothers, food truck, Providence, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-19, General views, mostly at night, of food truck and activity

Street scenes, fieldworkers, media session, Heritage Commission, team meeting, Providence, Rhode Island

Street scenes, fieldworkers, media session, Heritage Commission, team ...

Index data: 2-4, Street scenes, Downtown Providence; 5-6, Citizens arriving for work in the morning; 7-10, Learning to run the Nagras, left to right: Kenny Goldstein, Gerri Johnson, Mike Bell, Tom Burns; 11-12,... More

Unidentified women - Folklife project collection, 1970 s

Unidentified women - Folklife project collection, 1970 s

Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LeFoyer picnic, Cumberland, Rhode Island; Bonnet Shores Recreation Center, Narragansett, Rhode Island

LeFoyer picnic, Cumberland, Rhode Island; Bonnet Shores Recreation Cen...

Index data: 3-5, Picnic people, Le Foyer; 6-37, General activity at Bonnet Shore Recreation center, Arthur Hoey supervising (6-8, 10, 32); 9-13, Broad jump contest; 30-35, Balancing ping pong balls on spoons

Hector Medina, Nereida Nieves, and Felix Luna, in apartment of Hector Medina and Nereida Nieves at Market Mills, Lowell, Massachusetts

Hector Medina, Nereida Nieves, and Felix Luna, in apartment of Hector ...

Index data: Interview with Hector Medina, Nereida Nieves, and Felix Luna, in apartment of Hector Medina and Nereida Nieves at Market Mills. Interview by Mario Montano, with Doug DeNatale recording. 1, Mario Mon... More

Akins Family Tobacco, Berrien County, Georgia

Akins Family Tobacco, Berrien County, Georgia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farm, farmer, agriculture, early 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac Hull and Ruth Hull target range, Scituate, Rhode Island; Louise Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy, Coventry, Rhode Island

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...

Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Buddy's Tattoo Shop, Newport, Rhode Island

Index data: 1, Michael Bell at Buddy's; 2, Me at Buddy's; 3-10, Billy Wilmers, customer at Buddy's; 11-20, Bill McLaughlin, customer

Wang Laboratories Assembly Plant, Pawtucket Boulevard, Lowell, Massachusetts

Wang Laboratories Assembly Plant, Pawtucket Boulevard, Lowell, Massach...

Index data: WANG LABORATORIES ASSEMBLY PLANT, PAWTUCKET BOULEVARD. 1, Metal racks with keyboards and monitors being tested; 2-3, Three unidentified men standing behind Epic system central processing unit in tes... More

Puerto Rican Festival, North Common Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Puerto Rican Festival, North Common Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Natalie Michaluk and pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs), Rhode Island

Natalie Michaluk and pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs), Rhode Island

Index data: 1-20, Natalie Milachuk creating Pysanky or Ukrainian Easter eggs

Janie Doss, Tift County, Georgia; Minnie Pearl Brown

Janie Doss, Tift County, Georgia; Minnie Pearl Brown

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport Bridge, unloading lobsters, Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Bridge, unloading lobsters, Aquidneck Lobster Company, Newport...

Index data: 1-12, General views, Newport Bridge from Goat Island Bridge; 14-36, Unloading lobsters from lobster boat, Iron Horse; 14-17, 19-24, of the pier and the rest of the boat

Greek night at the Governor Dyer Restaurant, Providence, Rhode Island

Greek night at the Governor Dyer Restaurant, Providence, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-19, Scenes in restaurant, Greek dancing Public domain photograph - historical image of Rhode Island, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Island

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...

Index data: 1-14, Attaching metal wires to legs and wings; 15-20, Preparing main body mold

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (deer), Coventry, Rhode Island

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

Views of grotto, crucifix, 14 stations of the cross and garden statue behind Franco-American Day School, Lowell, Massachusetts

Views of grotto, crucifix, 14 stations of the cross and garden statue ...

Index data: 1-19, Views of grotto, crucifix, 14 stations of the cross and garden statue behind Franco-American Day School, Lowell, MA

Jack Kerouac sites, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Jack Kerouac sites, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: Photographs of Kerouac Sites Taken After Interview with Roger Brunelle. 1-4, View of city from top of hill by Robinson School. According to Roger Brunelle, this is the view described in the opening ... More

Skateboarding, Merrimack St., Lowell, Massachusetts; Feast of Our Lady of Loreto, St. Anthony's church, Lowell, Massachusetts

Skateboarding, Merrimack St., Lowell, Massachusetts; Feast of Our Lady...

Index data: Skateboarding in Merrimack St. Parking lot, September 1, 1987. 3-9, Teenage boys skateboarding over wooden beam in parking lot, most shots are out of focus because of motion; 10-11, Boy balancing on... More

Golden Gloves Boxing Championship at the Lowell Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts

Golden Gloves Boxing Championship at the Lowell Auditorium, Lowell, Ma...

Index data: Except for frames 0a-7a, the following photographs were made at the Gulden Gloves Boxing Championship at the Lowell Auditorium. 0a-1a, Asian community information board posted in Southeast Asian Res... More

Charles Arnold, firewood producer, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Charles Arnold, firewood producer, Saunderstown, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-17, Arnold's woodpile and its various signs; 18-20, Suburbanite professional, looking for cords of wood, and his exchange with Charles

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: Teenagers and young adults, all Caucasian, and their cars at Central Plaza. 1, Rear view of boys in convertible talking to girl; 2, Two teenagers, one with crutches, operating top of car; 3, Boy and... More

Initial survey photos prior to project, Rhode Island (East Greenwich, Pawtucket, Central Falls)

Initial survey photos prior to project, Rhode Island (East Greenwich, ...

Index data: 2a-4a, David DiPetrillo from East Greenwich, Rhode Island, painting a refinished work skiff; 5a-6a, Ken Handlin (right) and Fred Zubie operators of co-op; 7a-8a, John Anderson -- clammer and woodwor... More

Julia Tzanetakos with cutwork, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pig roast at home of Felix Luna, Lowell, Massachusetts; Hellenic American School, Lowell, Massachusetts

Julia Tzanetakos with cutwork, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pig roast at hom...

Index data: JULIA TZANETAKOS, PHOTOGRAPHS TO ACCOMPANY INTERVIEW by Eleanor Wachs. 1, Close-up of examples of cutwork; 2-3, Portraits of Julia Tzanetakos. FELIX LUNA, PIG ROAST, COWORKER IS MARIO MONTANO. 8, Ma... More

Julia Tzanetakos with cutwork, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pig roast at home of Felix Luna, Lowell, Massachusetts; Hellenic American School, Lowell, Massachusetts

Julia Tzanetakos with cutwork, Lowell, Massachusetts; Pig roast at hom...

Index data: JULIA TZANETAKOS, PHOTOGRAPHS TO ACCOMPANY INTERVIEW by Eleanor Wachs. 1, Close-up of examples of cutwork; 2-3, Portraits of Julia Tzanetakos. FELIX LUNA, PIG ROAST, COWORKER IS MARIO MONTANO. 8, Ma... More

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Folklore manuscripts

Alan Lomax Collection, Manuscripts, Folklore manuscripts

Public domain scan of a document from Alan Lomax's performing arts and music history collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cosmopolitan Market, Lowell, Massachusetts; Ymittos Candle Company, Lowell, Massachusetts

Cosmopolitan Market, Lowell, Massachusetts; Ymittos Candle Company, Lo...

Numbers refer to sequence of images, not to frame numbers. COSMOPOLITAN MARKET. 1, View of display of olive oil cans in window of store, from interior of store; 2, Same as 1, close-up, with Holy Trinity Church ... More

House building, greenhouse model, Rhode Island

House building, greenhouse model, Rhode Island

Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ray Gagnon, of Ray's Flies, in his fly-tying shop, located at 12 12 Third Ave., Lowell, Massachusetts; Lowell City Hall, Lowell, Massachusetts; Meeting of the Lowell Franco-American Club, Lowell, Massachusetts

Ray Gagnon, of Ray's Flies, in his fly-tying shop, located at 12 12 Th...

Index data: 1-2, Ray Gagnon, of Ray's Flies, in his fly-tying shop, in his home at 13 12 Third Avenue, Lowell, Mass; 3-5, Vietnamese flag flying in front of Lowell City Hall; 6-20, Photographs made inside the L... More

Barber Shop, Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, South Georgia.

Barber Shop, Agrirama, Tifton, Georgia, South Georgia.

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenti... More

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac Hull and Ruth Hull target range, Scituate, Rhode Island; Louise Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy, Coventry, Rhode Island

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...

Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More

Franco-American Day School, Lowell, Massachusetts

Franco-American Day School, Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: RANCO-AMERICAN DAY SCHOOL, FEBRUARY 10, 1988. 1, First-grade art class, two girls at table in foreground, two boys at table in background, boy in background clowning with girl in foreground; 2, Same... More

Dorsey's Barbecue, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Dorsey's Barbecue, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of th... More

Aerial photos, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Aerial photos, South Georgia. ethnographic collection

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions ... More

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: Teenagers and young adults, all Caucasian, and their cars at Central Plaza. 1, Rear view of boys in convertible talking to girl; 2, Two teenagers, one with crutches, operating top of car; 3, Boy and... More

Bethel Church, Worth County, northwest of Omega, Georgia

Bethel Church, Worth County, northwest of Omega, Georgia

Public domain photograph of food cooking, steamboat, hotpot, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pig roast at home of Felix Luna, Chapel St., Lowell, Massachusetts

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

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Island

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...

Index data: 1-14, Attaching metal wires to legs and wings; 15-20, Preparing main body mold

Bethel Baptist Church Homecoming, Worth County

Bethel Baptist Church Homecoming, Worth County

Public domain photograph of cars, gas station, car garage, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport Black Ensemble Theatre Group (NBET) workshop at the "old Navy Y" (YMCA), 50 Washington Square, Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Black Ensemble Theatre Group (NBET) workshop at the "old Navy ...

Index data: 1, Ramona Baily (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 2, Barbara McDowell (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 3-4, Arndra "Weedy" Durden (dancer in "Black Renaissance"); 5, Left to right: Frank S. Young (da... More

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Island

Louis Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy (pheasant), Coventry, Rhode Is...

Index data: 1-14, Attaching metal wires to legs and wings; 15-20, Preparing main body mold

Preston Newell's home, south of Tifton Georgia; El Dorado, Georgia; Lenox, Georgia

Preston Newell's home, south of Tifton Georgia; El Dorado, Georgia; Le...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Liberty Video Store, Appleton St., Lowell, Massachusetts

Liberty Video Store, Appleton St., Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: LIBERTY VIDEO STORE, APPLETON STREET. 1, Close-up of American flag with foam figure of Statue of Liberty; 2, Looking out of front window, sign in Khmer on window, with "VCR" in English; 3, Narong Hu... More

Haven Brothers, food truck, Providence, Rhode Island

Haven Brothers, food truck, Providence, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-19, General views, mostly at night, of food truck and activity

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac Hull and Ruth Hull target range, Scituate, Rhode Island; Louise Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy, Coventry, Rhode Island

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...

Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Arletha Lewis, quilts, Alapaha, Georgia, South Georgia.

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Photographs of the South Georgia Folklife Project documenting the traditional culture of the sou... More

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac Hull and Ruth Hull target range, Scituate, Rhode Island; Louise Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy, Coventry, Rhode Island

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...

Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More

Jack Kerouac sites, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Jack Kerouac sites, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: Photographs of Kerouac Sites Taken After Interview with Roger Brunelle. 1-4, View of city from top of hill by Robinson School. According to Roger Brunelle, this is the view described in the opening ... More

Fishing on Alapaha River near US 319

Fishing on Alapaha River near US 319

See field notes: 103-105 Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac Hull and Ruth Hull target range, Scituate, Rhode Island; Louise Wolfe and Norman Wolfe, taxidermy, Coventry, Rhode Island

Harrington brothers, sawmilling, West Greenwich, Rhode Island; Isaac H...

Index data: 1-18, Norman Wolfe removing last vestiges of the flesh from the skin of the head of a deer; 19-20, Current prices at the Wolfe taxidermy shop; 21-25, Isaac Hull's rifle range at the rear of his back... More

Belt buckle creation by Lance Ricci, Wickford Jewelry Shop, Wickford, Rhode Island

Belt buckle creation by Lance Ricci, Wickford Jewelry Shop, Wickford, ...

Index data: 1a-36a, Lance building up facial features by applying wax, filing, grinding, and sanding in cycles

Heritage Day, Sept. 16, 1979, Providence, Rhode Island

Heritage Day, Sept. 16, 1979, Providence, Rhode Island

Index data: 1-2, Rhode Island Folklife Survey booth at Heritage Day Festival; .3-7, Scottish piper and dancers at; 8, People at; 9-10, Jamaican dancers; 11-12, Lithuanian (children) dancers; 13-15, Polish (chil... More

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Central Plaza, Lowell, Massachusetts documentary photographs

Index data: Young adults, all Caucasian, and their cars at Central Plaza. 1, Boy and two girls standing; 2, Two boys cruising in open topped Camaro; 3, Two girls cruising in a family car(?); 4-5, Same two girls... More

Surfing, Narragansett town beach, house signs, cottage, Olivo's beach, Narragansett, Rhode Island

Surfing, Narragansett town beach, house signs, cottage, Olivo's beach,...

Index data: 2-27, Surfing and surfers, Narragansett Town Beach; 28-37, House signs and cottage, Olivo's Beach, Narragansett

Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts

Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother,...

Index data: The following photographs were made of a Cambodian wedding at the residence of Chhoun Chen, 20, N. Franklin St., Lowell, Ma. Mrs. Chhoun Chen's daughter Pen Hing is the bride and Sopheap Kuth is the... More

Italian district, weekday morning activity (8:00 AM), Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island

Italian district, weekday morning activity (8:00 AM), Federal Hill, Pr...

Index data: 1-3, The Candy Store, 200 block of Atwells Ave.; 4-9, Renovation of plaza between Atwells Ave. and Spruce St., showing fountain and construction in progress; 10, Plaque on plaza in memory of Sebasti... More

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, 2011-07-01

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

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