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The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1993-05
Description: One proof sheet with eight black and white images (plus negatives). The dancers were: C. Wright, John Mealing, Charlie Vinson, Allen Jones, and Elder Brown. One image also features folklorist Beth Higgs. Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. Often called lining songs.
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The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1992-05-23
Description: One contact sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of the Beseda Dancers of Masaryktown, Florida, performing onstage at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1993-11-18
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of demonstrations of blacksmithing and whipmaking at the Rural Folklife Days. This festival was held each year at the Stephen Foster Center by the Florida Folklife Program.
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Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1991-11
Description: Thirty-nine color slides. Images of various traditions, including lye soap making, cooking cane syrup, and making quilts demonstrated at the Rural Folklife Days. This festival was held each year at the Stephen Foster Center by the Florida Folklife Program.
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Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1991-11-14
Description: Thirty-six color slides. Images of quilting (Jones),canning (Norris), peanut brittle (Shaw), and corn grist milling. This festival was held each year at the Stephen Foster Center by the Florida Folklife Program.
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Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Date: 1992-11-12
Description: Twenty-eight color slides; one proof sheet with 22 images. Images of quilting (Bailey, Jones), sugar cane grinding (Waldron), wood carvings, candy making (Shaw), and canning (Norris). This festival was held each year at the Stephen Foster Center by the Florida Folklife Program.
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Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Date: 1991-10-26
Description: Ten color slides. Images taken during the Mayport Seafood Festival. 1: Welding shop; 2: Matt Rolland's dock; 3-5: Shrimp boats; 6-8: Black church choir; 9-10: Festival crowds.
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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1992-05-22
Description: 110 color slides. Miscellaneous images of the 1992 Florida Folk Festival, including games, contests, demonstrations (Dekle and his whips), dancers (Cross Creek Cloggers, maypole demonstrators), and singers (McClain, Willie James.)
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Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Boats at dock in Key West

Date: 1993-02-16
Description: Twenty-eight color slides. Images include artwork painted on the boats, and the interiors of the boats.
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Boats at dock in Key West

Date: 1993
Description: One proof sheet with twenty-seven black and white images (plus negatives). Images include artwork painted on the boats.
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Boats at dock in Key West

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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Beseda (Dance) Dance Performing arts Body movement Performers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Blacksmithing Material culture Metal craft Occupational groups Work Craft Leather goods Leather Leather craft Whips Whip making Whip braiding Hides and skins Demonstrations Whip maker Blacksmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days	Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farm workers Cooks Blacksmiths Quiltmakers Festivals Folk festivals Special events Cookery (syrups) Sugarcane Tools Sugar crops Cane syrup Blacksmithing Demonstrations Soap Quilts Lye	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days	Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farm workers Quiltmakers Cooks Festivals Folk festivals Special events Cookery (Peanuts) Canning and preserving Sugarcane grinding Corn Milling Quilting Demonstrations Quilts	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days	Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days	Still Image	Farm workers Quiltmakers Cooks Blacksmiths Festivals Folk festivals Special events Canning and preserving Quilting Sugarcane grinding Quilts Cookery (syrups) Demonstrations Sugarcane products Candy Cookery (Peanuts)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival	Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival	Still Image	Festivals Special events Seafood Maritime folklore Maritime life Choirs (music) Workshops Boats and boating Shrimpers (persons)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival	Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Demonstrations Craft Music performance Blues singers Children Whipcracking Musicians Stepdancing Maypoles Games Pianists African Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boats at dock in Key West	Boats at dock in Key West	Still Image	Fieldwork Boats Docks Sails Art Transportation Waterways Hammocks Furniture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boats at dock in Key West	Boats at dock in Key West	Still Image	Fieldwork Boats Docks Sails Art Transportation Waterways	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West

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The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

The Gandy Dancers at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Demonstrations of traditional arts at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1991 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Rural traditions demonstrations at the 1992 Rural Folklife Days

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Scenes from the 1992 Florida Folk Festival

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West

Boats at dock in Key West