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PHOTOS OF SOUTHERN BLACK SHARECROPPERS (PHOTOGRAPHY.) RAMSEY, FRED JR. Group of five oversized photographs from his book "Been Here and Gone," 13 1/2 x 20 inches each, some abrading to the corners, some crackling to the surfaces; Ramsey's stamps, identifying labels and portions of proof pages of the book affixed to the reverse, [together with] Ramsey's own copy of the first edition of his book, 8vo, original cloth with dust jacket. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1960
Fred Ramsey Jr., jazz historian and producer/editor of a number of rural blues recordings, traveled through the Southern United States during the early 1950s. While collecting the music for a series of Folkways recordings, Ramsey took scores of photographs of the musicians and their friends and families. His book "Been Here and Gone" was a result of his trips to the South. Included here are five images from those trips, two of which are in the book.
