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The Ballads, Blues and Folk Songs of Huddie Ledbetter: The Leadbelly Songbook

1962

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The Ballads, Blues and Folk Songs of Huddie Ledbetter: The Leadbelly Songbook. The cover features black and white text printed on an ochre-colored background with photograph of Leadbelly taken by Blanding Sloan and Way Ming Chang in the center.

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Catalog reference: 2010.34.15

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