Collection:Photographs
Item ID: MAN-PR-00005
Accession Number: 88-064
Title: Muddy Waters & Son Sims, 1942
Date:1942
Place of Publication:Clarksdale, MS
Subject: African-American musicians | Blues musicians
Physical Description:5 x 7
Location:MAN-PR Box 1
MAN-PR Box 1
Series:John Wesley Work III
Notes:Images are part of manuscript collection from the John Wesley Work III (John Work) research materials including MAN-PR-00005, 00006, 00007, and 00008. These materials were assembled for use in Center-produced program "Roots of American Popular Music."
See inventory description for further information.
Description:Black and white photograph of two men sitting on a porch with instruments. Left is "Son" Sims holding a fiddle with bow; on the right is Muddy Waters with a guitar.
Center holds (2) negatives, strip of negatives, and multiple prints of this photograph.
Format:negative: b/w
print: b/w