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Don't judge a man by the clothes that he wears; Boring for Oil

TypeRecording
Date1938-08-24
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1938-08-24
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Summary

Don’t judge a man by the clothes that he wears; Boring for Oil — a recording held by American Folklife Center, dated 1938-08-24.

Performers recorded in the catalogue: Gallagher, Andrew E., Gallagher, Emerald, Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.

Catalogue description

AFS 02267: A01-Don’t judge a man by the clothes that he wears by Andrew E. (Mary Ann) Gallagher; A02-Boring for Oil by Emerald Gallagher

Rights

no-known-restrictions / NKC. Public domain (Library of Congress; no known restrictions) No licence is asserted: this is a copyright status, not a grant.

Open questions

None outstanding — this is a catalogue stub. Prose, subject links and depicts relations have not been written yet.

Sources

  1. Catalogue metadata from the holding institution; retrieved 2026-07-31.
    audio · lomax_michigan_1938_beaver_island · afc1939007_afs02267a · afc1939007_afs02267a

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Don't judge a man by the clothes that he wears; Boring for Oil”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/documents/audio-don-t-judge-a-man-by-the-clothes-that-he-wears-boring-for-oil-af/, accessed [date], citing American Folklife Center, Don't judge a man by the clothes that he wears; Boring for Oil.

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