Accordionist Collection

Men In Boat
circa 1900: A group of men wearing bowler hats and playing instruments in a rowing boat. An English concertina on the left and a button accordion on the right

Feet and legs washed scrupulously clean, the wine-treaders of the Alto Douro lighten their toil with music of fife
8675668 Feet and legs washed scrupulously clean, the wine-treaders of the Alto Douro lighten their toil with music of fife, drum and accordion (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Roll out the Barrel! (b/w photo)
8664050 Roll out the Barrel! (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roll out the Barrel)

One-man band (chromolitho)
8677704 One-man band (chromolitho) by Belgian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: One-man band. Trade card for Charivari.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Accordion, Aeronaut, Alligator, Aquarium, Armadillo, Barometer, Bastinado, Battering-ram, Cassowary, Caterpillar
8650110 Accordion, Aeronaut, Alligator, Aquarium, Armadillo, Barometer, Bastinado, Battering-ram, Cassowary, Caterpillar, Cemetery, Chameleon (engraving) by German School

Italian soldiers amusements at mountain outpost, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Italian soldiers amusements at mountain outpost, between c1915 and c1920

Mummers on the streets of the Znamensky Glass Factory on Christmastide, 1913-1914. Creator: S. Ia. Mamontov
Mummers on the streets of the Znamensky Glass Factory on Christmastide, 1913-1914. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late

Visions de guerre sur le front Russe; lentement, les lignes grises des reserves allant... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Visions de guerre sur le front Russe; lentement, les lignes grises des reserves allant au combat passent a cote de nous les hommes regardent notre groupe, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Midsummer's Eve in Norway, 1886. Creator: Christian Skredsvig
Midsummer's Eve in Norway, 1886

L'accordéon, dit soufflet a musique, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'accordeon, dit soufflet a musique, 19th century. Musical studies by H. Daumier - The accordion called bellows music

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Andy Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon's, N.Y. 1947
Portrait of Joe Mooney, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Andy Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop... N.Y. ca. Dec
Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop, Decca studio, New York, N.Y. ca. Dec. 1946

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop...N.Y. ca. Dec. 1946
Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop, Decca studio, New York, N.Y. ca. Dec. 1946

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Milt Gabler, and Morty Palitz, Decca studio, New York, N.Y. ca. Dec. 1946

Portrait of Joe Mooney and Andy Fitzgerald, Eddie Condon's, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, N.Y. ca. June 1947
Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, N.Y. ca. June 1947
Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Joe Mooney and Andy Fitzgerald, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1946

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Andy Fitzgerald, Dixon's Steak House(?), N.Y
Portrait of Joe Mooney, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Andy Fitzgerald, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1946

Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, N.Y. ca. June 1947
Portrait of Abe Most, Pete Ponti, Sid Jacobs, and Jimmy Norton, Hickory House, New York, N.Y. ca. June 1947

Portrait of Joe Mooney and Andy Fitzgerald, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1946

Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega... Dixon's Steak House(?), N.Y
Portrait of Joe Mooney, Andy Fitzgerald, Gaeton (Gate) Frega, and Jack Hotop, Dixon's Steak House(?), New York, N.Y. ca. Oct. 1946

Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1
3786853 Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1; (add.info.: Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1. Troops in Salonica. Salonica, known as Thessaloniki, Greece)

Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1
3786906 Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1; (add.info.: Russian Soldiers Masquerade Party during World War 1. Troops in Salonica. Salonica, known as Thessaloniki, Greece)

Woman with an Accordion daguerreotype, 1840s. Creator: Ron Fasand
Woman with an Accordion daguerreotype, 1840s

Sunday, 1884. Artist: Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin
Sunday, 1884. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Accordion recital JLP01_08_008458
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. Miss A Hatch playing an accordion at the Sports Club annual dinner

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Scene a un poste d'enrolement de l'armee russe ou des hommes discutent, lisent, jouent de l'accordeon
FIA5370225 Scene a un poste d enrolement de l armee russe ou des hommes discutent, lisent, jouent de l accordeon. (At a recruiting station)

Trio, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Trio. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California

Solo, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Solo. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California

Adjutant and his wife sing, Salvation Army, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Adjutant and his wife sing. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. [Sign: I ll Serve My Lord Alone - I ll Serve My Lord Alone - My Life Henceforth His Own Shall Be - I ll Serve My Lord Alone ]

American Woman Playing an Accordion (Amerika nyokan akodeon wo hiku no zu), from... 1860. Creator: Sadahide Utagawa
American Woman Playing an Accordion (Amerika nyokan akodeon wo hiku no zu), from the series " Foreigners Drawn from Life (Ikiutsushi ikoku jinbutsu)", 1860

Sur le boulevard (On the Boulevard). Scene de rue, en automne, un jeune couple aux tenues traditionnelles
FIA5328509 Sur le boulevard (On the Boulevard). Scene de rue, en automne, un jeune couple aux tenues traditionnelles, sont assis sur un banc, la femme allaite son bebe, l homme joue de l accordeon

Jeune femme sur la Volga - Girl At The Volga - Peinture de Boris Kustodiev (Koustodiev) (1878-1927), huile sur toile
FIA5379070 Jeune femme sur la Volga - Girl At The Volga - Peinture de Boris Kustodiev (Koustodiev) (1878-1927), huile sur toile, 1915 - Art russe, 20e siecle

Un moment joyeux (Dans un atelier de menuisier, un garcon joue de l accordeon pour faire danser un petite fille et un)
FIA5352289 Un moment joyeux (Dans un atelier de menuisier, un garcon joue de l accordeon pour faire danser un petite fille et un vieil homme)

Manege (Carousel). Oeuvre de Boris Michaylovich Kustodiev (Koustodiev) (1878-1927), aquarelle sur papier, 1920
FIA5367310 Manege (Carousel). Oeuvre de Boris Michaylovich Kustodiev (Koustodiev) (1878-1927), aquarelle sur papier, 1920. Art russe 20e siecle. Regional Art Museum, Berdyansk (Ukraine)

A Russian Dance (oil on canvas)
7076564 A Russian Dance (oil on canvas) by Maliavin, Filipp Andreevich (1869-1940); Private Collection; Russian, out of copyright

Postcard depicting a dance at Mere Michel s, Le Puy, c. 1900 (b / w photo)
REV382779 Postcard depicting a dance at Mere Michel s, Le Puy, c.1900 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: carte postale)

Sona Gorashvili Playing Accordion par Pirosmani, Niko (1862-1918)
FIA5405544 Sona Gorashvili Playing Accordion par Pirosmani, Niko (1862-1918). Oil on cardboard, size : 109x71, 1913, Niko Pirosmanashvili Museum, Mirzaani by Pirosmanashvili

Street accordionist and his monkey (b / w photo)
5996693 Street accordionist and his monkey (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Street accordionist and his monkey)

English and Russian Couples, 1st month, 1861. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
English and Russian Couples, 1st month, 1861

Variety Act 7: Sepp and Kathi Steidler, Popular House Comedians (Varietenummer 7: Sepp und... 1907)
Variety Act 7: Sepp and Kathi Steidler, Popular House Comedians (Varietenummer 7: Sepp und Kathi Steidler, Beliebte Hauskomiker), 1907

Concertina, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Accordion, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes, 1888

Musical Mokes, 1860s. Creator: J. Wood
Musical Mokes, 1860s

Karen Street, Issie Barratts Interchange, 1 October 2019. Creator: Brian O Connor
Karen Street, Issie Barratts Interchange, 1 October 2019

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In the world of music, the accordionist holds a special place. From the early days captured in daguerreotypes to modern times, this skilled musician has enchanted audiences with their melodic tunes. One such image takes us back to the 1840s, where a woman is seen gracefully holding an accordion in her hands. The creator, Ron Fasand, immortalized her passion for music through his lens. Fast forward to 1884 and we find ourselves witnessing a scene on a boat. Men gathered together, united by their love for music and adventure. Their accordions fill the air with harmonious melodies as they navigate through unknown waters. Moving ahead in time yet again, we stumble upon an intriguing painting from 1926 by Alexander Viktorovich Moravov. It depicts a recruiting station of the Russian army where men engage in various activities - reading, discussing and playing the accordion. This artwork captures both camaraderie and individual expression amidst military duty. The Salvation Army also found its way into capturing moments featuring accordionists during their mission work in San Francisco during 1939. Dorothea Lange's photographs reveal trio performances as well as solo acts that showcase not only musical talent but also dedication towards serving others. Even across borders and cultures, the allure of this instrument remains strong. In Sadahide Utagawa's artwork from 1860 titled "American Woman Playing an Accordion, " we witness how this instrument transcends boundaries and finds its way into different corners of the world. Lastly, we encounter a poignant scene on a boulevard - an autumn day filled with melancholy and poverty depicted by an artist unknown. A young couple dressed traditionally sits on a bench; while the woman nurses her baby tenderly, her partner plays his accordion passionately. Through their music, they find solace amidst life's hardships. From daguerreotypes to paintings to photographs spanning centuries.