Close-up of tail piece on dark brown six-string lap dulcimer played by Walter Miller. The one of a kind instrument features small triangular sound holes, a larger central sound hole carved in the shape of the silhouette of the Camay soap box girl, and two overlapping raised hearts below the tailpiece. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Nicholas County, WV. archive reference: GM S1527. Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.
