Porter Wagoner: Museum Object and Cultural History
Porter Wagoner: negative: 1972. print: 2003. depicted (sitter): Wagoner, Porter.
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One of the most recognizable figures in country music, Porter Wagoner was known as the "Thin Man from West Plains, Missouri." He began recording music in 1954 after several years of singing on a local radio station. In 1961, Wagoner (b. 1927) began to host his own country music television show, which was syndicated for 21 years.
Materials, dates and provenance
- negative: 1972
- print: 2003
- depicted (sitter): Wagoner, Porter
- maker: Horenstein, Henry
- Object Name: photograph
- Object Name: gelatin silver print
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Symphony Hall
- Subject: Men
- Subject: Musicians
- ID Number: 2003.0169.022
- accession number: 2003.0169
- catalog number: 2003.0169.022
- Credit Line: Horenstein, Henry
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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