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10. Freeman says Rinzler asked him to document the 
Baltimore Arabber community. Freeman says he grew up in 
that community.
11. Long: Are you saying that Arabbers sometimes conned people?
Freeman: yeah. 
Long: And you were an Arabber? Freeman: Yeah. 
12. Hunt: talk about your work as a team. 
Long: I was doing fieldwork in Mississippi and Roland was 
sent in to do photography. Led to Exhibits + Book: 
"Mississippi crossroads" (?)
13. Long:
14. Hunt: Once I got down there, a hurricane came. We kept 
running into such loads of folklose, folks said the we hit a 
"folklede"
15. Long: What did you photograph? 
Hunt: guy with a guitar - Scott Dunbar 
Long: It was a cigarbox fiddle that he made for you 
Hunt: He was singin' that song. "The Roamin' song" (?)
16. What other photographs do you recall?
17. Hunt: I was spending the day with him [[strikethrough]] , but he had become such [[/strikethrough]]
18. Long: 
Hunt: "Sweet mama rose" song
Hunt- when the high waters care in '63... 
19. Long: what photos stand out in your mind? 
Hunt: Photo with his son Stevie 
Abraham Itanna + his son Stevie, who had learned to 
make a horse collar out of corn... 
Hunt: "Hog-killing in Percy Creek" 
20. Marjorie: Roland + worth Gave back to community 
Long: Hunt would sometimes use a Polaroid camera to 
show people the image he was making. He presented the 
families with a photo, and you can find those all
across southwest Mississippi today. 



Transcription Notes:
strikethroughs inclomplete fixed some typos in transcription(ex: "Exhibitst" to Exhibits and 'wake i herse' to 'make a horse') & added missing words unsure if it's Abraham Hanna or Itanna