September 15, 2015

That American Banjo Player

Banjo player and friend. CDV. Private Collection.

This CDV is cut all around, and there is no photographer info. A shame but the seller is based in England and he did say he got this one locally. There is no way to know the exact provenance of this photograph, but chances are the banjo player was an American musician visiting England. Notice his mismatched suit – very New World. Maybe he was posing with his British friend who would not dress so casually!

They have boutonniere flowers on the lapels. This was taken at a formal event sometime in the 1890s or 1900s, maybe at a wedding.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2015 at 3:40 pm and tagged with 1910s, banjo, edwardian, England, musician and posted in CDVs, Groups. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “That American Banjo Player”

Linda
September 15th, 2015 at 5:56 pm

Love this picture, and how the two gentlemen are dressed different but stylish – and the banjo!

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  September 15th, 2015 at 5:58 pm
  
  It sure must have been novel at the time in England! I don’t see a British musician playing this instrument back then. Pretty sure this one was American. :)
  
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