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October 2009
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The last upload was October 2009.

The supreme triumph of a popular song -- its hand-organ appe... uploaded October 2009
[Banjo players.] uploaded October 2009
[Man playing the tuba.] uploaded October 2009
Mexican inaugural party musicians, 1921. uploaded October 2009
Uganda harp. uploaded October 2009
[Serenaders.] uploaded October 2009
[Music ensemble with piano and bowed stringed instruments.] uploaded October 2009
Isham Jones and his orchestra. uploaded October 2009
Music classes, Plaza Music Center, 912 Union St., Bklyn, 4/2... uploaded October 2009
[Woman holding lyre.] uploaded October 2009
Mandolin girl. uploaded October 2009
[Woman playing the piano.] uploaded October 2009
[Female musicians, India.] uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009

Conversations

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Seventh Avenue looking south from 35th Street, Manhattan.

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Gavin Veasey said:
dang, amazing view.
Ameer Hamza said:
class act.
Rhetorical Fact said:
impressive!
côtedeboeufsauceechalotte said:
hallucinant !!! c'est bête à dire mais c'est vraiment hallucinant !
Cautious River said:
Beautiful

[Russian Cossacks.]

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9 older comments, and then…
dancypants said:
These look like Georgian costumes to me.
kolya v said:
Hi. I assume they are Russian Cossacks either from the Terek or Kuban Hosts. Cossacks from the Caucausus region adopted the way of dress of many of the local tribesman. Especially the "cherkeska", which is was worn by primarily by the Circassians and the Chechens, but also the Georgians. Sort of like American frontiersmen (Daniel Boone) adopting much of the dress of the Native Americans and American cowboys copying the Mexican saddles, the lasso, and the wide brimmed hats.
hs. said:
circassians !!! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassians
mikescottnz said:
Turkic peoples ?
productive side said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a new world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Blind street musicians, West Memphis, Arkansas, Sept. 1935.

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12 older comments, and then…
pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Disability History, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Chris Bouldin said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Rock City and the rest of Arkansas, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
iwillglo said:
amazing photos!
El universo está lleno de buenas noticias - said:
love the violin
J. Colerangle said:
his music acts as his eyes to the world