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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
Description: Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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A Meeting at Highlander

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Description: A meeting at Highlander Folk School. Guy Carawan is holding a banjo on far left. Septima Clark is standing third from the left. Matt Sturgis, holding an ac...
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Pete Seeger at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger at Highlander Folk School, possibly at a 25th anniversary celebration, where he was in charge of music. Playing an Orpheum #1 open-back five st...
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Group of People in Rowboats

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Description: View across water towards three boats near a shoreline. The rowboat in the center has five women, and one of the woman is holding a banjo. On the right is ...
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Pete Seeger and Florence Reece

Date: 10 1982
Description: Pete Seeger and Florence Reece at Highlander Benefit Concert at Bijou Theater. The inscription written on Seeger's banjo reads: "This Machine Surrounds Hat...

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