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Wade Ward listening to playback with Alan Lomax at the Ward home, Galax, VA, August 31, 1959. Photo: Library Of Congress -
Alan Lomax's car trunk with recording equipment, 1930s. Photo: Library Of Congress -
Songster Huddie Ledbetter and his wife, Martha Promise. Ledbetter, known to fans as "Leadbelly", proved a treasure trove of African-American song. His violent past - he served time for murder - and his penchant for roistering, alarmed the elder Lomax. Photo: Library Of Congress, Prints And -
Ed Young (with fife) and Lonnie Young, Sr., at Ed's home, Como, MS, September 21, 1959. Photo: Library Of Congress -
Hubbie Ledbetter, foreground, with other inmates at Lousiana's Angola prison. The Lomaxes first met the singer, serving time for attacking a whiteman in 1934. Photo: Library Of Congress -
"Lightnin'" Washington and other inmates sing as they work at Brazoria County's Darrington Prison Farm. Photo: Library Of Congress -
Guitarist "Stavin' Chain" and unidentified fiddler offer raucous rendition of the ballad "Batson" at Lafayette, La., Photo: Library Of Congress, -
Painting of John Lomax. Lomax in less than 10 years would travel more than 200,000 miles for the Library of Congress, seeking out raw-voiced songs of Americas poets. Photo: Photolab, The University Of Texas At Austi
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