California Folk Music Home Page Image Captions

The still photographs in this collection were made by Sidney Robertson Cowell, WPA staff photographers, J. L. Hall, John Bateman, and possibly others. The originals are housed variously in the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, the Music Division, Library of Congress, or in the Music Library collections at the University of California, Berkeley.

1. John Botica playing the misnice, facing front, portrait. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting John Botica performing Dalmatian dance music from Croatia on May 26, 1938 and January 11, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Mountain View, California. 1 photographic print : silver gelatin ; 3 x 4 in. (Call number: AFC 1940/001: P107.)

2. Aurora Calderon, Elinor Rodriguez, and Cruz Losada, group portrait. Left to right: Aurora Calderon, Elinor Rodriguez, and Cruz Losada. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Aurora Calderon performing unaccompanied Spanish songs from Puerto Rico on April 10, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Oakland, California. 1 photographic print : silver gelatin ; 3 x 4 in. (Call number: AFC 1940/001: P153.)

3. John Stone playing fiddle, head-and-shoulders portrait. 1 photographic print : silver gelatin ; 3 x 4 in. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting John Stone performing Anglo-American music on August 5 and 6, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California. (Call number: AFC 1940/001: P048.)

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