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A 92-year-old farmer's laugh - Kansas, 1987
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His grandmother's folk song on a scratchy phonograph - 1942
This song was passed down through four generations, sung during wheat harvest celebrations.
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The wheat field where both recordings were made
Middle of Nowhere, Kansas
Three generations of one family, connected through sound, across 45 years.
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