Johnny Cash – Object #1 – Arkansas Primary Source Sets

Portrait of Johnny Cash

<p>The black and white portrait shows Johnny Cash,age 36 in 1968, dressed in all black, looking at the camera. Cash is in the backyard of his boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas, surrounded by miscellaneous items, ranging from farm equipment to discarded household appliances.</p>

Portrait from a magazine shoot of Johnny Cash behind his boyhood home in Dyess, Arkansas

Questions:
Describe Johnny Cash. What does he look like? What is he wearing?
What is the purpose of this photograph?
Who was the intended audience for this photograph?

Citations

Look Magazine Collection, Library of Congress.