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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Collector or Fieldworker is exactly "Department of Commerce"
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1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
Date
1978-05
Description
Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
Collection
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
1957-05
Description
Nineteen black and white prints. Images of various African American church and school choral groups performing at the Florida Folk Festival.
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African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival
Bag pipe player Percy Hamilton

Bag pipe player Percy Hamilton
Date
Description
One black and white print. 1978
Collection
Bag pipe player Percy Hamilton

Bag pipe player Percy Hamilton
Banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1978-05
Description
Two black and white images. Two views of the banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival led by Jim Strickland, Ernie Williams, and Bill Dudley.
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Banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
Description
Twenty-one black and white prints, and four color prints. Various images of the Beseda Dancers of Masaryktown, Florida, at the Florida Folk Festival, c. 1960s-1990s. The most recent image is from 1992. The word Beseda means gathering, and the dance is a combination of several Czechoslovakian folk dances.
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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival
Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1954
Description
Twenty-one black and white prints. Images of various church groups re-creating brush arbor sermons at the Florida Folk Festival. Brush arbors were informal open shelters under which church services were held. Originally, they were made from tree branches strewn across wooden scaffolding. Later ones were more permanent, similar to a pavilion.
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Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival
Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing
Date
1950
Description
Twenty-three black and white prints. Various images of Boy Scout troops performing "Indian" dances at the Florida Folk Festival, c. 1950s-1970s.
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Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing
Children's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival

Children's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
1954
Description
Twenty-three black and white images. Views of various children and school groups performing songs and music, as well as demonstrating games, at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Children's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival

Children's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival
Maypole dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Maypole dances at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
1960
Description
Fourteen black and white prints. Various youth dance groups performing Maypoles at several Florida Folk Festivals. Maypole is folk dance from West Europe in which dancers, each holding a colored ribbon, dance around a pole. They intertwine their ribbons around the pole. In some cultures, this was a fertility dance. By the twentieth century, it was a popular dance, usually performed by children, at May Day celebrations. Each year, the Florida Folk Festival would hold a Maypole dance.
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Maypole dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Maypole dances at the Florida Folk Festival
Students from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk Festival

Students from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk Festival
Date
1971-05
Description
Five black and white prints. Parkwood Heights is located in Jacksonville, Florida.
Collection
Students from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk Festival

Students from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk Festival
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs1978 Florida Folk Festival photographsStill ImageAfrican Americans
Chairs
Furniture
Cornhusk craft
Material culture
Demonstrations
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Restaurants
Cabinetwork
Carpentry
Woodwork
Quilting
Quilts
Textile arts
Chair caning
Quiltmakers
Carpenters
Cabinetmakers
Furniture maker
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk FestivalAfrican American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageAfrican Americans
Children
A capella singing
Costumes
Students
Performing arts
Dancers
Singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bag pipe player Percy HamiltonBag pipe player Percy HamiltonStill ImageBagpipes
Musical instruments
Material culture
Music
Performers
Bagpipers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Banjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalBanjo workshop at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageBanjoists
Musicians
Workshops (Adult education)
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Banjo music
Music
String instruments
Musical instruments
Banjoes
Performing arts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk FestivalBeseda dancers at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageBeseda (Dance)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Body movement
Folk dance
Demonstrations
Dance
Performing arts
Dancers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk FestivalBrush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageBluegrass musicians
Folk festivals
Religious rites
Religion
Church services
Church membership
Folklore revival festivals
Performers
Performing arts
Christianity		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boy Scouts performingBoy Scouts performingStill ImageChildren
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Body movement
Costumes
Demonstrations
Dance
Performing arts
Boy Scouts
Dancers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Children's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk FestivalChildren's performances and demonstrations at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageChildren
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Choirs (music)
Oral performance
Games
Musical ensembles
Musical instruments		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Maypole dances at the Florida Folk FestivalMaypole dances at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageChildren
Folk dance
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Calendar rites
Maypoles
Dancers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Students from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk FestivalStudents from Parkwood Heights School dancing at the Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageChildren
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Dance
Demonstrations
Performing arts
Stepdancing
Dancers
Students		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg