1950s Scrapbook of Photos of Country Musicians

United States, 1950. Eighty-four photos, including real photo postcards, mainly measuring 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. With manuscript captions under photos and many photos captioned on negative. Photos generally excellent to Near Fine; scrapbook pages delicate with some marginal damage. Excellent.. A scrapbook of photographs of better- and lesser-known country musicians, likely assembled in the 1950s. Subjects include the National Barn Dance Gang, the 101 Ranch Boys, the Carolina Sweethearts, the Bar X Cowboys, Gene Autry and the Ranch Riders, and the Novelty Boys and Cora Deane. The scrapbooker seems to have been a serious fan of Andy Reynolds from the 101 Ranch Boys, as many photographs in the scrapbook are portraits of him. The band hailed from Kansas City, Kansas, and was active in the 1930s, playing regularly on WSBA in York, Pennsylvania. The photos of the Novelty Boys and a musician called “Willie Whistle”—not the clown of the same name—are signed. Of interest to historians and fans of country western music.