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[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers of "Rock Island Line" at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

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[African American convicts working with shovels, possibly the singers of "Rock Island Line" at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, 1934]

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Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists.
Handwritten on back: "Rock Island Line"; "If this photograph depicts those who sang Rock Island Line for John Lomax then it was taken at Cummins State Farm, Gould, Arkansas, probably in 1934."
Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.
Exhibited: "The Possible" at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA, Jan. 2014-May 2014.

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01/01/1934
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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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