Performer at the "Masters of Traditional Arts" Smithsonian Folklife Program

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Object Details

Author

Minor-Penland, Laurie

Subject

Festival of American Folklife

Smithsonian Folklife Festival

Notes

Featured in Torch, July 1994

Summary

A performer plays the harmonica in the "Masters of Traditional Arts" program at the Smithsonian's 1994 Festival of American Folklife. Some 1 million visitors from many parts of the United States and abroad attend the Festival of American Folklife at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. At the festival, craftspersons, musicians, dancers, storytellers and cooks demonstrate and discuss their traditional skills. The festival is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian and the National Park Service.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: July 1994

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1988

Standard number

88-15145-7

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Music

Photographic print

Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Musicians

Musical instruments

Folk festivals

Blues (Music)

Folk music

African Americans

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10189