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["Jim Costa, 67 (as of 2016), is a native of Summers County, and an accomplished traditional musician and storyteller. He is also an avid collector and expert of 18th and 19th century farm tools and objects of rural life, including Hammons family fiddles, spinning wheels, cast iron cookware, and blacksmith tools. Costa has been building this collection throughout his life, and he restores many of the old tools and instruments himself. In addition to his public presentations on music and material culture, Costa appeared in the 1987 John Sayles film Matewan.In the summer of 2016, University of North Carolina folklore graduate student Zoe van Buren spent two months with Costa, conducting oral histories and documenting his extensive collection. Read more about van Burens work here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/09/06/thats-a-grand-story-to-tell-documenting-jim-costas-collection/Zoe van Buren's website:https://zoevanburen.wordpress.com/"]%

1. Miscellaneous tools in Jim Costa's collection

Identifier:
24.CostaJim.Photo.154.6.6.16
Title:
Miscellaneous tools in Jim Costa's collection
Date:
2016-06-06
Creator:
van Buren, Zoe
Contributor:
Costa, Jim (Banjoist)
Subject:
Antique collecting for men, Collectors and collecting
Location:
Summers County (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

2. Concession stand for ASW Wrestling at the Madison Civic Center

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.001.6.8.18
Title:
Concession stand for ASW Wrestling at the Madison Civic Center
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling matches, Wrestlers, Wrestling, Wrestling promoters
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

3. Sign for the All Star Wrestling promotion hanging in the Madison Civic Center

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.002.6.8.18
Title:
Sign for the All Star Wrestling promotion hanging in the Madison Civic Center
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling promoters, Wrestling matches, Wrestling
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

4. Rocky Hardin (aka Rocky Rage) trains wrestling trainee Shay White

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.003.6.8.18
Title:
Rocky Hardin (aka Rocky Rage) trains wrestling trainee Shay White
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Women wrestlers, Wrestling matches, Wrestling, Wrestlers
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

5. ASW poster with Rocky Rage and the Mid-Atlantic Outlaws

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.004.6.8.18
Title:
ASW poster with Rocky Rage and the Mid-Atlantic Outlaws
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling, Wrestling matches, Wrestlers
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

6. Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.005.6.8.18
Title:
Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 1 of 3
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Women wrestlers, Wrestling matches, Wrestling, Wrestlers
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

7. Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.006.6.8.18
Title:
Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 2 of 3
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestlers, Wrestling matches, Women wrestlers, Wrestling
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

8. Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.007.6.8.18
Title:
Shay White and another wrestling trainee practice holds, 3 of 3
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestlers, Wrestling matches, Women wrestlers, Wrestling
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

9. ASW Wresters get ready backstage as West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter interviews Rocky Hardin aka Rocky Rage

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.008.6.8.18
Title:
ASW Wresters get ready backstage as West Virginia Public Broadcasting reporter interviews Rocky Hardin aka Rocky Rage
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestlers, Wrestling, Wrestling matches
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

10. Shane Storm's suitcase with wrestling outfits and championship belt

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.009.6.8.18
Title:
Shane Storm's suitcase with wrestling outfits and championship belt
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling matches, Wrestlers, Wrestling
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

11. Rocky Hardin's (aka Rocky Rage) wrestling suitcase with his heavyweight championship belt

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.010.6.8.18
Title:
Rocky Hardin's (aka Rocky Rage) wrestling suitcase with his heavyweight championship belt
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling matches, Wrestling, Wrestlers
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)
["All Star Wrestling (ASW) is an independent wrestling promotion out of Madison, West Virginia, owned and operated by Gary Damron. Wrestlers on ASWs regular card include Rocky Rage (Rocky Hardin), Huffmanly (Kasey Huffman), and Shane Storm. Regular shows are held at the Madison Civic Center."]%

12. ASW wrestlers laces up his boot backstage

Identifier:
4224.ASWWrestling.Photo.011.6.8.18
Title:
ASW wrestlers laces up his boot backstage
Date:
2018-06-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wrestling, Wrestlers, Wrestling matches
Location:
Madison (W. Va.)