Ralph S. Parks

Photograph

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Ralph S. Parks

Entry/Object ID

ph-50-96-n

Description

Ralph S. Parks with his trombone in his Scottish kilt uniform with a white original long horse hair sporran with 2 black tassels. The sporran, a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. The sporran hangs below the belt buckle. Pewter or silver cantle is also carved on the sporran.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Ralph S. Parks

Collection

W. H. Folsom Shoebox Collection

Acquisition

Notes

(these were discovered in an old shoe box in the closet off the Stone Room, next to Willie’s shed in 1983)

Made/Created

Artist

Folsom, Wallace Herbert

Lexicon

Search Terms

Folsom, Wallace Herbert, (1884 - 1954) –- Photographer Parks, Ralph Solomon (1903-1952) -- Piper Trombone

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

A-90

Dimensions

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

2-1/4 in

General Notes

Note

[Total 761 negatives from original shoebox of Folsom negatives]