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description

Summary

Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists.

Photos taken during Lomax-Hurston-Barnicle recording expedition to Georgia, Florida, and the Bahamas.

Handwritten on back: "Drummer, Cat Is., July 1935."

Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.

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bahamians men musicians drums bahamas cat island portrait photographs man drum cat island lot 7414 lomax collection alan lomax photo ultra high resolution high resolution georgia library of congress
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Date

01/01/1935
person

Contributors

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, photographer
place

Location

bahamas
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions. For more information see: "Lomax Collection (LOT 7414) Rights and Restrictions Information," http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/159_loma.html

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