Historical Portrait
Sal Lucido facing front, portrait, photograph
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Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Sal Lucido performing an unaccompanied Sicilian song on February 11, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Martinez, California.
About this photograph
This photograph documents Sal Lucido, recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Martinez, California, on February 11, 1939. The session captured Lucido performing an unaccompanied Sicilian song.
Cowell directed the W.P.A. California Folk Music Project, which recorded and photographed traditional musicians across Northern California between 1938 and 1940. She worked across the state's immigrant communities rather than focusing on a single tradition, documenting Armenian, Icelandic, Italian, Portuguese, Mexican, Irish, and Serbian musicians.
The recordings and photographs from the project are held by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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