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American Folk Blues Festival photograph collection, 1962-1965
1 folder; 2.5 linear inches (1 box). 68 photographs : digital prints, black and white, color ; 8 x 10 in. . -- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
This collection is a copyright deposit by Stephanie Wiesand of her photographs of the American Folk Blues Festival. The American Folk Blues Festival, promoted by German blues enthusiasts Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau during the 1960s, brought American blues musicians to Europe for live concerts and studio performances. This collection of photographs of American blues musicians, taken by Stephanie Wiesand from 1962 to 1965, documented blues performances during television tapings at Südwestfunk, a television station in Baden-Baden, Germany.