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Florencio Baro playing the conga drum while his apprentice Marcial Hernandez accompanies on the "cow bell"

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FA1682

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Folklife collection
Series 1640, RG 158, Misc Slides; Box 8, FF 12

Geographic Term

Florida

Personal Subjects

Baro, Florencio
Hernandez, Marcial

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1 slide - col.

Florencio Baro playing the conga drum while his apprentice Marcial Hernandez accompanies on the "cow bell"

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Florencio Baro playing the conga drum while his apprentice Marcial Hernandez accompanies on the "cow bell"

Subject

Songs, Ethnic

Songs, Cuban

Drums

Musical instruments

Instrumentalists

Ethnicity, Cuban

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Arts (Performing)

Performing arts

Music--Performance

Percussion instruments

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Musical traditions, Cuban

Musical instruments--Cuba

Congas

Hispanic American men

Apprentices

Mentoring in the arts

Drummers (Musicians)

Date

1989 (circa)

Identifier

FA1682

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Geographic Term

Florida

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, RG 158, Misc Slides; Box 8, FF 12

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1640B8F12

Subject - Person

Baro, Florencio

Hernandez, Marcial

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Chicago Manual of Style

Florencio Baro playing the conga drum while his apprentice Marcial Hernandez accompanies on the "cow bell". 1989 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107063>, accessed 18 June 2026.

MLA

Florencio Baro playing the conga drum while his apprentice Marcial Hernandez accompanies on the "cow bell". 1989 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107063>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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