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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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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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Singer and Interviewer

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Description: Possibly Michael Leary or Daniel O'Connell.
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Mrs. Brithe Lothe and Mrs. Hannah Haug

Date: 08 10 1946
Description: Mrs. Brithe Lothe, age 75, and Mrs. Hannah Haug, singers of Norwegian folk songs. Behind them are two quilts or rugs hanging over what may be porch railing...
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Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten

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Description: Mrs. A.C.G. Gysbers Scholten, who sang Dutch songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Otto Rindlisbacher with Hardanger Fiddle

Date: 08 15 1941
Description: Otto Rindlisbacher, folk singer and maker of stringed instruments, and violin collection, sitting in his shop holding a Hardanger fiddle. Caption at bottom...
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Moody Price and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 07 30 1946
Description: Helene Stratman-Thomas, right, Moody Price and three other people.
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Charles Robinson and Man

Date: 08 1941
Description: Charles Robinson, singer of lumberjack songs, left, with an unidentified man sitting behind what appears to be a microphone on a stand.
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Folk Singer

Date: 1941
Description: Unidentified folk singer sitting on a stack of logs and holding a pipe. Possibly recorded in Waushara County in 1941, where many lumberjacks were recorded.

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