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#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Morse U. Gist at the Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Morse Gist's grandfather
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#3: Panoramic photo of Arkansas Ammunition Train, Company No. 2; World War I
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#4: Morse Gist's father, Charles Heineman Gist, with Morse's dog, Pal; Helena, Arkansas, ca. 1944
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#5: Photo scanned at Gist Music Company; Levon Helm (right) with Linda Helm
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#6: C.W. Gatlin (left) and Levon Helm playing at Gist Music Company, Helena, Arkansas
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#7: Musicians (from left) Dave Burke, CeDell Davis, and Dale Beavers at Gist Music Company, Helena, Arkansas, 1994
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#8: Eulaine and Hank Blumenthal and their grandson, Kevin Lowe, in front of Gist Music Company during the King Biscuit Blues Festival; Helena, Arkansas, 1997
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#9: Morse Gist's wife, Jean (left) and their daughter, Jody, with Tammy Faye Baker (center), Memphis, Tennessee, 2000
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#10: Morse Gist's wife, Jean; Gist Music Company, Helena, Arkansas, 2001
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#11: Morse Gist (right) with his wife, Jean, and Governor Mike Huckabee; Gist Music Company, Helena, Arkansas, 2002
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#12: Morse Gist (left) with Governor Mike Huckabee at Gist Music Company, Helena, Arkansas; October 8, 2004
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#13: Morse and Jean Gist, Thanksgiving 2004
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#14: Morse and Jean Gist at the flea market in Memphis, Tennessee
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#15: Back of previous image of Morse and Jean Gist at the flea market in Memphis, Tennessee
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#16: Willie "Sonny Boy" Williamson's headstone in cemetery in Tutwiler, Mississippi
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#17: Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#18: Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#19: Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#20: Back of the Gist Music Company building, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#21: Interior of Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#22: Interior of Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#23: Morse Gist talking to a customer; Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#24: Morse Gist at the cash register; Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#25: Vintage guitar stickers; Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#26: Morse Gist reading the newspaper at his desk; Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#27: Morse Gist (second from left) with Pryor Center staff: (from left) Trey Marley, Scott Lunsford, Joy Endicott, and Bruce Perry; Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#28: Interior of Gist Music Company, Helena-West Helena, Arkansas; October 25, 2012
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#29: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#30: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#31: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#32: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#33: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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#34: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Morse U. Gist at Gist Music Company; Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, 2012
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