Peter Kennedy and Edgar Button. Thebburton, Leiston, Suffolk, England, 1956
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Peter Kennedy, song collector, with Edgar Button, singer. Pictured at Thebburton, near Leiston, Suffolk, England, posed outside with a microphone on the occasion of a BBC recording session. 2 of 5 related photographs from the same occasion.
Peter Kennedy performing with fiddle. International Youth Hostel Rally, Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, 1947
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Peter Kennedy performing on a fiddle. Rear of photograph states "Peter Kennedy fiddling for Morris, playing for the International Youth Hostel Rally in the Wicklow Mountains, Ireland, in 1947. Photo by George Pickow".
Joe Hickerson and Peter Kennedy. Unknown location and date
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Peter Kennedy with Joe Hickerson, curator of the Folk Archive at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., USA. Unknown location and date. Photograph credit to Suzanne Szasz, 136 East 13 Street, New York, USA.
Studio portrait of Peter Kennedy posing with accordion
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Studio portrait of Peter Kennedy posing with accordion. Unknown location and date. Photograph credit to Sydney Weaver, Hampstead, London. 8 of 8 related photographs taken on the same occasion.
Studio portrait of Cecil Sharp. Rear of postcard states "Collectors no. 2: "Cecil Sharp (1859-1924). The most prolific collector of English folk song, music and dance in the first quarter of the twentieth century. He founded the English Folk Dance Society in 1911 and his collection of books forms...