Historical Portrait
John MacPhee, portrait, photograph
Archive record
Photograph caption refers to John MacPhee as "Jack MacPhee." Forms part of a group of field materials documenting John MacPhee performing Gaelic music from the Hebrides, Scotland, on February 15, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Berkeley, California.
About this photograph
This portrait shows John MacPhee, referred to in the photograph's caption as "Jack MacPhee," and was made in Berkeley, California, on February 15, 1939. The photograph is part of a set of field materials documenting MacPhee performing Gaelic music from the Hebrides, Scotland.
Sidney Robertson Cowell made the portrait as part of the W.P.A. California Folk Music Project, which she directed from 1938 to 1940. The project recorded and photographed traditional musicians across Northern California, working across the state's immigrant communities rather than focusing on any single tradition.
The materials are held by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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