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Lily Richmond and a Woman

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond (b.1862), right, with Ollie Greene Lewis.
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Lily Richmond Sitting Outside

Date: 08 23 1946
Description: Aunt Lily Richmond sang African American spirituals for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. Richmond came to Grant County Wisconsin with her parents, fr...
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Yuba Bohemian Band

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Members of the Yuba (Bohemian) Band posing outdoors.
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Joe Yanksy, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yansky (Bohemian), a one-man band with an accordion and drums.
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Joe Yansky, a One-Man Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Joe Yanksy (Bohemian), a one-man band with accordion and drums.
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Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dobbs. One was Helene Stratman-Thomas's cousin and well-acquainted with the Yuba musicians.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of the Yuba Band

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas and members of the Yuba band, many of whom had played together for forty years: Otto and Wincil Stanek, clarinet; George McGilvery a...
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Otto's Tavern

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Unidentified man outside of Otto's Tavern.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Missionfest

Date: 08 27 1946
Description: Missionfest (Dutch) traditional psalms sung on church grounds.
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Stasia Pokora

Date: 08 29 1946
Description: Stasia Pokora, Executive Secretary of the American Relief for Poland, sang Polish songs, many of which she learned from Polish immigrants who roomed at her...
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Emil Boulanger

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Fiddle player Emil Boulanger played for dances since he was a boy. He played entirely by ear, and on a violin which he made himself. He was born in Dyckesv...
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Belgian-American Performers

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Belgian-American Singer

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Charles Dietz and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 09 02 1946
Description: Charles Dietz, a singer of English ballads, and song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Unidentified Singer

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Description: Portrait of man smoking a pipe. Probably Robert A. Steinbach (b.1887?), a singer of German folk songs, who recorded for song collector Helene Stratman-Thom...
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Men around Flat-Bed Trailer

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Description: Five men and a young child gathered around flat-bed trailer.
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Group Gathered around Automobile

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Description: Group of people standing near a car.
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Man in Garden

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Description: A man stands in an unidentified garden gesturing upwards towards a topiary tree.

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