Ernest Tubb performing: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ernest Tubb performing: negative: 1973. print: 2003. maker: Horenstein, Henry.
The object in the museum catalogue
Henry Horenstein's photographs of fans swarming Ernest Tubb (1914-1984) was a familiar scene. Fans had many opportunities to see, hear, and hug Tubb. Between the early 1960s and 1982, he worked 150 to 200 shows each year.
Materials, dates and provenance
- negative: 1973
- print: 2003
- maker: Horenstein, Henry
- Object Name: photograph
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- Place Made: United States: New Hampshire, Reeds Ferry, Lone Star Ranch
- ID Number: 2003.0169.083
- accession number: 2003.0169
- catalog number: 2003.0169.083
- Credit Line: Horenstein, Henry
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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