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Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields Appalachian People, Appalachian Mountains, Mountain Music, Mountain Dulcimer, American Folk Music, Virginia Hill, Coal Miners, My Old Kentucky Home, I Love Music

Appalachian People

Appalachian Mountains

Mountain Dulcimer

American Folk Music

My Old Kentucky Home

Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields

New website to feature 1939 Smoky Mountain field recordings of Appalachian speech. American Bulldog Rescue, Dust Bowl, North Carolina Mountains, East Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains, Life Is Hard, Folk Music, American History

American Bulldog Rescue

North Carolina Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains

American History

New website to feature 1939 Smoky Mountain field recordings of Appalachian speech.

English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians: Comprising 122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes, with an Introduction and Notes. Map showing the position of the Southern Appalachians is present opposite title page -- the area spans Maryland, Virginia & West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Includes a wonderful bibliography of important works on folk music. $595 Dulcimer Music, Honky Tonk, Personal History, Gospel Music, West Virginia, Folklore

Personal History

English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians: Comprising 122 Songs and Ballads, and 323 Tunes, with an Introduction and Notes. Map showing the position of the Southern Appalachians is present opposite title page -- the area spans Maryland, Virginia & West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Includes a wonderful bibliography of important works on folk music. $595

Oldest Known School House In The Great Smokey Mountains Old Abandoned Houses, Abandoned Mansions, Abandoned Buildings, Abandoned Places, Old School House, School Days, Old Churches, Old Farm Houses, Left Alone

Old Abandoned Houses

Abandoned Mansions

Abandoned Buildings

Abandoned Places

Old School House

Old Farm Houses

Oldest Known School House In The Great Smokey Mountains

Mill Creek, West Virginia.. one room schoolhouse Abandoned Houses, Old Houses, School Stuff, West Virginia History, Country School, Today In History

Abandoned Houses

West Virginia History

Today In History

Mill Creek, West Virginia.. one room schoolhouse

Old North Carolina farmhouse Old Buildings, Old Pictures, Old Photos, Vintage Photos, Historical Pictures, Dreams

Historical Pictures

Old North Carolina farmhouse

Abandoned jail and wedding chapel. Laurel Springs, NC. (off of the Blue Ridge Parkway.) Abandoned Property, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina Homes, Carolina Usa, Chapel Wedding, Gun Wedding

Abandoned Property

Blue Ridge Parkway

North Carolina Homes

Abandoned jail and wedding chapel. Laurel Springs, NC. (off of the Blue Ridge Parkway.)

Some of the best sunrises can be found in the Smoky Mountains Blue Ridge Mountains, Nc Mountains, Parkway Drive, Beautiful World, Beautiful Places, Beautiful Sunset, Beautiful Scenery, Beautiful Beautiful

Blue Ridge Mountains

Beautiful World

Beautiful Places

Beautiful Sunset

Beautiful Scenery

Beautiful Beautiful

Some of the best sunrises can be found in the Smoky Mountains

Appalachian Trail overlooking the Smoky Mountains. Max Patch is a bald mountain on the North Carolina-Tennessee Border in Madison County, North Carolina and Cocke County, Tennessee. It is a major landmark along the Tennessee/North Carolina section of the Appalachian Trail. Its summit is located in North Carolina. It is known for its 360 degree views of the surrounding mountains. Appalachian Trail, Paraiso Natural, Destinations

Appalachian Trail

Paraiso Natural

Appalachian Trail overlooking the Smoky Mountains. Max Patch is a bald mountain on the North Carolina-Tennessee Border in Madison County, North Carolina and Cocke County, Tennessee. It is a major landmark along the Tennessee/North Carolina section of the Appalachian Trail. Its summit is located in North Carolina. It is known for its 360 degree views of the surrounding mountains.

Appalachia musician Antique Stove, Environmental Portraits, Colorized Photos, Black And White Prints, Weird World

Environmental Portraits

Colorized Photos

Black And White Prints

Appalachia musician

Phipps General Store. Friday night jam. One of my favorite places to be when we're back home. Music And Movement, General Store, Back Home, Blues, Southern, Mountain, Friday, Cabin

Music And Movement

Phipps General Store. Friday night jam. One of my favorite places to be when we're back home.

W. Eugene Smith. Child hugging dolls, Blue Ridge Mountains, 1947 Vintage Pictures, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Eugene Smith, Jolie Photo

Vintage Pictures

W. Eugene Smith. Child hugging dolls, Blue Ridge Mountains, 1947

In the mountains, we like our bluegrass, but sometimes we've just got the plain ol' Appalachian blues. Delta Blues, Bluegrass Music, Rhythm And Blues, Blues Music

Bluegrass Music

Rhythm And Blues

In the mountains, we like our bluegrass, but sometimes we've just got the plain ol' Appalachian blues.

Playing the spoons - an Appalachian music tradition Street Culture, Music Stuff, Spoons, Guitars, Instruments

Playing the spoons - an Appalachian music tradition

In the tobacco barn, 1910's Vintage Photographs, Cinema, Vintage Farm, Thats The Way, Old Barns, Back In The Day

Vintage Photographs

Back In The Day

In the tobacco barn, 1910's

Beth Scruggs Duncan

Beth Scruggs Duncan

American folk music

Old home made of hand hewn logs near Jackson. Breathitt County, Kentucky 8c13574u Go Big Blue, Log Cabins, Old West, Blue Ridge, Log Homes

Old home made of hand hewn logs near Jackson. Breathitt County, Kentucky 8c13574u

Dulcimer player at Grandfather Mountain, Linville, NC, circa 1970s-1980s. The Appalachian dulcimer (or mountain dulcimer) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. Its origins are in the Appalachian region of the United States. Mountain Man, Antique Pictures, Asheville

Antique Pictures

Dulcimer player at Grandfather Mountain, Linville, NC, circa 1970s-1980s. The Appalachian dulcimer (or mountain dulcimer) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. Its origins are in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Appalachian people: music ! Vintage Menu, Shelby Lynn, Shelby Adams

Appalachian people: music !

Great old photo ♡♡♡ appalachian band - i'd pay to see them... Happy Pictures, Children Pictures, Happy Photos, Random Pictures, Best Pictures, Unbelievable Pictures

Children Pictures

Random Pictures

Unbelievable Pictures

Great old photo ♡♡♡ appalachian band - i'd pay to see them...

Karen Levin

American folk music

Fiddle Player - Encyclopedia of Arkansas after every tree he chops down he gets to play his fiddle...weee Le Far West, Pics Art

Fiddle Player - Encyclopedia of Arkansas after every tree he chops down he gets to play his fiddle...weee

Hermit's House by Jack Stoddart, 1972. Stoddart captured a now-vanishing way of rural life in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. A long-time resident of the area, he personally knew his subjects and in spite of the stereotypical views of the time, which depicted his community as impoverished and ignorant, Stoddart found beauty in the simplicity and strong work ethic of the residents’ everyday life. Old Cabins, Cabins And Cottages, Cabins In The Woods, Rustic Cabins

Cabins And Cottages

Cabins In The Woods

Hermit's House by Jack Stoddart, 1972. Stoddart captured a now-vanishing way of rural life in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. A long-time resident of the area, he personally knew his subjects and in spite of the stereotypical views of the time, which depicted his community as impoverished and ignorant, Stoddart found beauty in the simplicity and strong work ethic of the residents’ everyday life.

July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. “Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway.” 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. Iconic Photos, Amazing Pictures, Colorized Historical Photos, Colorized History, Black White Photos

Amazing Pictures

Colorized Historical Photos

Colorized History

Black White Photos

July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. “Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway.” 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration.

Appalachian life – Buck dancing and flat footing Pie Town, Barn Dance, Lets Dance

Appalachian life – Buck dancing and flat footing