Handmade paper mache masks for Fasnacht, celebrated in February each year. The masks are meant to help scare off "Old Man Winter" during the festival. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1993, Helvetia, WV. archive reference: GM S2655-GM S2660 (One of six nearly identical photographs) 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 with earlier dates that others sent to him.
