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Buna Hicks, fiddle, and Tab Ward, Banjo, September 1966.

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Buna Hicks, fiddling; Stanley Hicks, seated; Hattie Hicks Presnell in doorway with unidentified child. Photo taken on the porch of Jack Guy's store; Guy's recording equipment is at right.

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Buna Hicks, playing fiddle; Stanley Hicks, seated; Hattie Hicks Presnell in doorway with unidentified child. Photo taken on the porch of Jack Guy's store; Guy's recording equipment is at right.

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Stanley Hicks, Buna Hicks, and Hattie Hicks Presnell on the porch of Jack Guy's store, 1960s.

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Buna Hicks fiddling and Hattie Hicks Presnell dancing. Possibly at courthouse fiddler's convention in Boone.

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Gaither Carlton (fiddling) and unidentified musicians, possibly at courthouse fiddler's convention in Boone.

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Unidentified musicians and others, possibly at courthouse fiddler's convention in Boone.

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Unidentified musicians and others at Jack Guy's store.

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Unidentified musicians and others at Jack Guy's Store.

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Jack Guy with fiddle, Tab Ward with banjo, an unidentified woman, and Ora Watson at Tab Ward's home.

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Buna Hicks, Tab Ward, and an unidentified child at Tab Ward's home.

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The Beech Mountain Ramblers in front of Tab Ward's spring house on Beech Mountain. Left to right: Tab Ward, Dave James, Russell Ward, and John Sipe.

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Tab Ward and Dave James of the Beech Mountain Ramblers, in front of Tab Ward's spring house on Beech Mountain.

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Unidentified man and child with fiddle and toy guitar, respectively.

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Scenes from Beech Creek, North Carolina, 1960s, from the collection of Jack Guy.

A second film of Beech Creek scenes includes silent footage of Tab Ward, Jack Guy, and others making music, walking, posing, dancing, and demonstrating Guy's handcrafted toys. Additional footage includes shots of the landscape, houses and buildings…

Silent footage from an outdoor event, likely the Daniel Boone Wagon Train, an annual pioneer-themed gathering that took place from 1963 to 1973 in North Carolina's Wilkes and Watauga Counties. Additional footage features Jack Guy and various Beech…
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