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A gourd fiddle

Cooke, Grace MacGowan, 1863-1944 · 1904 · Philadelphia : H. Altemus · 14 pictures

A gourd fiddle is a 1904 Philadelphia fiction book by Grace MacGowan Cooke, published by H. Altemus, with its illustrations drawn in a sketchy, tonal manner for a general reading audience. The four plates show boys with homemade gourd instruments, one drawn in soft wash with a signature, and a designer could take from them their loose shading and quiet, rural mood.

African Americans -- Fiction · Sheet Music

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