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Comment by Carl Anderton on April 19, 2013 at 12:49am

What a groovy image.  Love the banjo players hat, and the gents tapping the keg.  Look how the little girl has her arm on the fiddlers shoulder.  Charming.

Comment by Matthew Mickletz on April 19, 2013 at 8:44am

What a great image!  Love it when there's lots going on in a casual setting like this.

Comment by Paul Draper on April 19, 2013 at 9:21am

It's a very interesting group of folk, united by dogs, children, drink and music.  And not just any music, but fiddle and banjo music.  Where did you find this, Steve?

Comment by Steve Jeter on April 19, 2013 at 9:56am

 just surfing images, cant remember where or find it.  Ill try later.

Comment by Al Smitley on April 19, 2013 at 4:01pm

I noticed the dogs.  I didn't even notice the children.  ;) 

I was not able to analyze it to the extent you did, Dan'l, but I also had the impression that it was a later 19th C lumber camp.

Comment by Strumelia on April 19, 2013 at 6:35pm

Apparently from Phil Gura's photo collection:

http://jkadcock.blogspot.com/2013/02/stevens-minstrels.html

The photo does not seem to me to be any kind of touring performers troupe, so after reading the caption info i linked to, I;m wondering if the name Steven's Minstrels was written on the photo in jest, referring to an older known minstrel troupe?  maybe one of the fellows in the photo was named Steven, so they jokingly called themselves after the earlier real minstrel troupe?  Could the photo be as late as 1910?

What a great image!  The fiddler at least is certainly is holding the fiddle like a real player.

I too love the little girl's hand on his shoulder.  A great mix of various types of people.

Comment by Wes Merchant on April 20, 2013 at 6:19am

I wonder if it wasn't a town name. There is a Stevens in Washington  as well as one in Minnesota.  This would explain the placement of the apostrophe in the title. It  may even be sort of tongue in cheek.

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