Banjo: a gallery of historic photos and illustrations
Hello friends, Samm Bennett here. I'm a big fan of the American instrument we all know as the banjo. I'm collecting old photos, illustrations, drawings, advertisements and more here at this gallery, not only because I love the sound of the instrument and much of what has historically been played on the instrument, but also because I find the shape of the instrument to be aesthetically satisfying, from a purely visual perspective.
Obviously some of these images embody, to varying degrees, offensive racial stereotypes. My including them in this collection should
in no way be seen as any kind of personal endorsement of said stereotypes. But leaving them out of the collection would serve no purpose beyond ignoring historical reality, which, ideally, we should all be aware of, in my humble opinion.
Hope you enjoy this gallery, to which I'll be continually adding. As with all my other galleries here at Polarity Records site, new additions will appear at the TOP of the page. So stop in again sometime!
Obviously some of these images embody, to varying degrees, offensive racial stereotypes. My including them in this collection should
in no way be seen as any kind of personal endorsement of said stereotypes. But leaving them out of the collection would serve no purpose beyond ignoring historical reality, which, ideally, we should all be aware of, in my humble opinion.
Hope you enjoy this gallery, to which I'll be continually adding. As with all my other galleries here at Polarity Records site, new additions will appear at the TOP of the page. So stop in again sometime!
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