Maybelle Carter
Image No. 63-8N-3 NLCR and Maybelle Carter on guitar 1963 Newport Folk Festival (L-to-R: John Cohen, Maybelle Carter, Tracy Schwarz) Mother Maybelle plays the distinctive Carter Family-style guitar that influenced a new generation of guitar pickers during the folk boom.
Image No. 63-8N-4A NLCR and Maybelle Carter on Autoharp 1963 Newport Folk Festival (L-to-R: John Cohen, Maybelle Carter, Tracy Schwarz) Accompanied by two members of the New Lost City Ramblers, Maybelle Carter plays the Autoharp, an old-time instrument brought into the folk revival by the recordings of the Carter Family and Mother Maybelle's live performances.