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The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

The Spring Valley Ramblers of Elk Creek, Virginia, from the collection of Jack Guy.

From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

AKA "Shoot That Turkey Buzzard"From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

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…

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…

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

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

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

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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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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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Unidentified musicians and others, 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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