The photos on this page are part of a large collection taken by Aaron Rennert and Ray Sullivan, as PhotoSound Associates, in 1958-9. They are now at the folklore archive at the University of North Carolina, and I am helping them figure out who's who. If you were there and recognize anyone, please let me know. And if you know anyone else who was there and might recognize people, please pass the word to check this page. The top photos are of musicians, followed by photos of people in Washington Square Park and elsewhere. If you recognize someone, my email is elijah (at) elijahwald.com. And if you want to look at more photos, I have posted a second page of Village folks to identify, and a third page, as well as later (1966-69) pictures from the Indian Neck folk gatherings.
(As people are identified, I put their names with the photos. If someone is unnamed, they remain a mystery. If you disagree with any identifications, let me know.)

Banjo Players:

1 Roger Lass

2 Ben Rifkin

3 David Bennett Cohen

3.5 Miriam Stafford

Guitar Players:

7 Dick Rosmini

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10 Dave Holland

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14 Juan Mejia (flamenco guitarist)

Other instruments:

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17 Deanna Shore Kadan

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Three shots of Ollie Phillips:

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Other people:
For obvious reasons I'm concentrating on musicians, but experience is teaching that non-musicians sometimes have even better memories than musicians...so if anybody recognizes any of these people, please let me know.

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21 Gina Glaser

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27 Jaime Lass (Happy Traum in background)

28 Lee Hoffman

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30 Helene Kafka and Lee Hoffman

31 Gina Glaser

32 Bob Brill, in Carlo Tresca's hat (a classic Dave Van Ronk Story)

33 Bob Brill