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[Two unidentified convicts, one of whom is playing the guitar and looks like Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter)]
Summary
Title devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists.
Handwritten on back: "poss. Leadbelly"; Angola, Louisiana, July, 1934; "Huddie Leadbetter".
Forms part of: Lomax collection of photographs depicting folk musicians, primarily in the southern United States and the Bahamas.
Tags
Date
01/01/1934
Location
Angola, 30.95046, -91.56928
Source
Library of Congress
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
