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Unidentified Singer
circa 1940-1949
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-Thomas.
Charles Robinson and Man
August 1941
Charles Robinson, singer of lumberjack songs, left, with an unidentified man sitting behind what appears to be a microphone on a stand.
Robert Walker
August 14, 1941
Outdoor portrait of Robert Walker. He recorded lumberjack songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Two Male Singers
August 11, 1946
Unidentified man and Orrin Olson (b. 1911?), singers of Swedish songs who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas.
Karl Bjarnarson
August 24, 1940
Karl Bjarnarson, whose wife sang Icelandic folk songs for collector Helene Stratman-Thomas on Washington Island.
John Ciezczak
August 11, 1941
John Ciezczak (b.1885?), a Polish watchmaker, who sang songs in Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Kasshubian for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas. He is smoking a pipe and playing a violin.
