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Home > Exhibits > 30 Years of Folklife Program

A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.

In this outtake from promotional photos for the Cumberland Music Tour, Virgil Anderson cuts up for his tourmates at the Sharps Place grocery. Others are (L to R) Johnny Ray Hicks, Hershel Anderson, Ralph Troxell, Clyde Troxell, Clyde Davenport, and Willard Anderson. Photo by Robert Cogswell, 1987.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
  • A group of people celebrate Tennessee folklife by playing musical instruments and posing on and around an old pickup truck in front of a worn-down building with large windows and vintage signs. One man stands in the foreground giving a thumbs-up.
30 Years of Folklife Program

At his retirement from the Tennessee Arts Commission in December 2014, Dr. Robert “Roby” Cogswell left a legacy of 22,000 photographs documenting Tennessee’s traditional arts and culture. This exhibit is a sampling of these images. Read more…

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