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African-American men in matching suits performing on stage

Adolphus Hotel Orchestra

Group of white men and women singing in choir with sheet music books in hand

Arkansas Chamber Singers

View of choir and percussion instruments from above

Arkansas Chamber Singers

Page of sheet music "Arkansas Traveler"

Arkansas Traveler Music

Sheet music with Arkansas state flag on cover

"Arkansas" by Eva Ware Barnett's

Three white men, one white woman, seated, holding stringed instruments before staircase

ASO String Quartet

White woman in pageant dress on formal announcement

Donna Axum Concert Announcement

UPS truck tree and car on street in front of storefront building that says "the band museum" on the front

Hand drawn red yellow and black "KAAY 1090 Beaker Street" flyer with a bearded man holding radio vinyl records and ringed planet on it

Beaker Street Promo

African-American man with glasses and mustache smiling in suit and bow tie

Weathered green "Black Oak" road sign on two-lane highway next to field

"The Blues Trail: Mississippi to Helena" sign by building on street corner

Blues Trail Sign

White man in suit with hat over his heart below American flag drawing and text on sheet music cover

Britt Sheet Music

White man smiling in cowboy hat and western suit on album cover with red and blue background and white text

White man with beard and cowboy hat and white man with beard on black background with red and white text and footstep designs

Brooks and Dunn Music

Goldie E and Albert E Brumley grave marker with flowers

Brumley Gravesite

Two white men with beards and mustaches with their arms around each other

Billy Don Burns

Two African-American and two white musicians playing their instruments in room

Caldwell and Band

White man with glasses standing with arm around his oung girl in dress sitting

Caldwell and Daughter

Plaque on stone grave marker with inscription and music staff with notes below it

Punky Caldwell Grave

Three young white men smiling in matching suits

Punky Caldwell Trio

African-American man with mustache and glasses in suit and tie

Old white man with glasses sitting in chair

Single-story house with white paneling and historical marker sign on grass with tree

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home

Vinyl record with red label showing "All the Cats Join In"

Opie Cates Recording

White musicians playing on stage under "Silver Club" banner

Jimmy Davidson Band

White man with long hair and beard in hat and long coat

White man with beard in suit standing with blue background with white lettering behind him

Gravestone saying "Emmer Duesberry"

Dusenbury Grave

White man leaning interesting looking guitars against a car

White woman in cowboy hat on poster

Barbara Fairchild Poster

Young white man with glasses and long beard

Young white man with long beard singing and playing guitar on stage

Violin with square shaped shoulders and chin rest in wooden case

Fiddle and Case

white man in suit and hat seated on tree stump playing fiddle, photo labeled "The Arkansas Fiddler"

Older white woman in maroon checkered dress playing a banjo

Multistory brick building with arched top story windows and awning on sidewalk

Grand Opera House

Many multistory brick buildings in a row with one labeled "Grand"

Grand Opera House

African-American man with mustache smiling in tuxedo

Lawrence Hamilton

White and African-American musicians painted on cement levee wall behind railroad tracks

Helena-West Helena Levee Art

Older white man in white shirt and black pants smiling behind drum set on stage

Group of white musicians sitting with stringed instruments

Robert Henderson

White man with mustache in suit and bow tie

Robert Henderson

Old white woman with glasses holding a tiny fiddle next to white woman in glasses and blue shirt

Violet Hensley with "Homecoming" Fiddle

White musicians performing on stage with old white woman on screen behind them

Violet Hensley at the Grand Ole Opry

Filled-in draft card for "Albert George Hibbler"

Hibbler Draft Card

Portraits of white man speaking into a microphone and white man with glasses on green background with white text

Holyfield / Goodrum Concert

White man wearing black holding framed "Capitol Citation" document

Wayland Holyfield Recognition

African-American man wearing black hat and playing electric guitar on stage with drums behind him and speaker in foreground

John Lee Hooker

"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," Performed by Patsy Montana

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