Smithsonian Collections
Ernest Tubb signing autographs
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Description
- For much of his career, Ernest Tubb, the "Texas Troubadour" was considered the ultimate honky tonk vocalist and stylist. Inspired by Jimmie Rodgers in the 1920s, Tubb sustained a musical career that at times also branched into film and television. No artist toured as much, or for as long as Ernest Tubb, who worked 150 to 200 shows each year between the early 1960s and 1982. No artist was kinder to his fans, and no fans were more loyal to their star. Ernest Tubb had one national fan club with a single president for its entire existence between 1944 and its deactivation in the early 1990s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Horenstein, Henry
- negative
- 1973
- 2003
- Credit Line
- Horenstein, Henry
- Measurements
- overall: 8 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm
- Object Name
- photograph
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- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Cultures & Communities
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Art
- Popular Entertainment
- Photography
- ID Number
- 2003.0169.086
- accession number
- 2003.0169
- catalog number
- 2003.0169.086
- Place Made
- United States: New Hampshire, Reeds Ferry, Lone Star Ranch