Collection, 1972 September 16.

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Collection, 1972 September 16.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27190477

Documentary recording of a medicine show at the Chatham County Fair in Pittsboro, N.C., featuring Peg Leg Sam (1911-1977), born Arthur Jackson, African American harmonica player, singer, and comedian from Jonesville, S.C., telling jokes, stories, playing harmonica, and singing, and Chief Thundercloud, born Leo Kahdot (d. 1973), Native American medicine show pitch man from Oklahoma, making pitches for his soap, oil, and salves as cures for everything from corns to rheumatism.

7 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241100

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Thundercloud, Chief, d. 1973.

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Peg Leg Sam, 1911-1977.

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Jackson, Arthur, 1911-1977

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Lowry, Peter D.

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Chatham County Fair (Chatham County, N.C.)

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