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Jasper Robertson, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA, 1916-1918. Artist: Cecil Sharp

Jasper Robertson, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA, 1916-1918. Artist: Cecil Sharp

1-218-974 - EFDSS/Heritage Images

Jasper Robertson, Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA, 1916-1918. Photograph taken during Cecil Sharp's folk music collecting expedition: British musician Sharp (1859-1924) and his assistant Dr Maud Karpeles (1885-1976) collected folk songs from the mountain singers of the Appalachians (North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), between 1916 and 1918.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Cecil Sharp, attributed to: British: Folk music collector, author, writer, editor
Subject
  1. Jasper Robertson: American: Preacher
People Related
  1. Maud Karpeles: : Editor, folk music collector, author, writer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States North Carolina

  1. 35 30 00 N , 080 00 00 W

World North and Central America Appalachian Mountains

  1. 36 00 00 N , 082 40 00 W

World North and Central America United States South Carolina

  1. 34 00 00 N , 080 00 00 W
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3445x5492
File Size : 55,430kb

Aliases

  1. AC 61 b
  1. AC 61 b (2 CD)
  1. 0550000063
  1. 1-218-974
  1. 1218974
  1. 63

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