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Hipolito "Tito" Rubio

2004 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2004
Folk and Traditional Arts

References

Hipolito \Tito\ Rubio at the Philadelphia Folklore Project website

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