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Photo, Print, Drawing My mother done join the band no man can number

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About this Item

Title

  • My mother done join the band no man can number

Names

  • Sonkin, Robert (Recordist)
  • Pharr, Oliver (Singer)

Created / Published

  • Gee's Bend, Alabama

Headings

  • -  United States of America -- Alabama -- Gee's Bend
  • -  card catalogs

Genre

  • card catalogs

Notes

  • -  This is a digitized catalog card, not an audio recording.
  • -  Statement of responsibility: Sung by Oliver Pharr.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AFS Number: AFS 05078 A01

Source Collection

  • Traditional Music and Spoken Word Card Catalog

Repository

  • american folklife center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Traditional Music and Spoken Word Card Catalog are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit line: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Sonkin, Robert, and Oliver Pharr. My Mother Done Join the Band No Man Can Number. Gee's Bend United States Alabama, 1941. Gee's Bend, Alabama. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc9999005.14444/.

APA citation style:

Sonkin, R. & Pharr, O. (1941) My Mother Done Join the Band No Man Can Number. Gee's Bend United States Alabama, 1941. Gee's Bend, Alabama. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc9999005.14444/.

MLA citation style:

Sonkin, Robert, and Oliver Pharr. My Mother Done Join the Band No Man Can Number. Gee's Bend, Alabama. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc9999005.14444/>.