Jimmy Dowdle from Cowen holding an old Dobson pegheaded banjo made in Baltimore possibly in the 1890's. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Jan 1988, Cowen, WV. archive reference: GM S1462. 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.
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Banjo, Milnes Collection Photography, Traditional Music