Cruces Bennett, old violin, Siloam Springs, Ark. [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

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Cruces Bennett, old violin, Siloam Springs, Ark. [View 3] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

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Part of a group of negatives taken for August 26, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Uncle Will's Fiddle Sang for '49ers," B1:2. Mary Cruces Bennett is pictured with her Great Uncle William H. Conner's violin. Conner played the violin for, and traveled with gold-seekers from Saint Joseph, Missouri on their way to California in 1849. Bennett lives in Siloam Springs, Benton County, Arkansas.

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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Deane, Ernie

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Conner, William H.

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Bennett, Mary Cruces.

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