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Florencio Baro getting ready to teach his apprentices the rhythms of bembe - Miami Beach, Florida

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FA1698

Photographer

Linzee, Jill, Collector.

Date

1990-02-18

Date Note

Photographed on February 18, 1990.

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Folklife collection
Series 1640, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program fieldnotes ; Box 9, FF1

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1 slide - col.

General Note

Apprentice seated in the background is Julio Parada.

Florencio Baro getting ready to teach his apprentices the rhythms of bembe - Miami Beach, Florida

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Florencio Baro getting ready to teach his apprentices the rhythms of bembe - Miami Beach, Florida

Subject

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Ethnicity, Cuban

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Musical traditions, Cuban

Musical traditions

Songs, Ethnic

Songs, Cuban

Drums

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Music--Instruction and study

Instrumentalists

Drummers (Musicians)

Musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Musical instruments--Cuba

Percussion instruments

Congas--Instruction and study

Cuban American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Apprentices

Mentoring in the arts

Entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami Beach

Creator

Linzee, Jill, Collector.

Date

1990-02-18

Identifier

FA1698

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Date Note

Photographed on February 18, 1990.

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Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Miami Beach (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program fieldnotes ; Box 9, FF1

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1640B9F1.

General Note

Apprentice seated in the background is Julio Parada.

Subject - Person

Baro, Florencio

Parada, Julio

Subject - Corporate

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program.

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Linzee, Jill, Collector. Florencio Baro getting ready to teach his apprentices the rhythms of bembe - Miami Beach, Florida. 1990-02-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107080>, accessed 22 June 2026.

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Linzee, Jill, Collector. Florencio Baro getting ready to teach his apprentices the rhythms of bembe - Miami Beach, Florida. 1990-02-18. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107080>

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(State Archives of Florida/Linzee)

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