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Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1954-05
Description: Thirteen black and white prints, and five negatives. Images of performers and activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival.
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Activities of the 1954 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

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1950
Description: One color print. Located in envelope #2.
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Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Date: 1963
Description: Seven black and white prints.
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Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Date: 1961
Description: Three black and white prints.
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Autoharpist Mark Moore

Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1977-05
Description: Two photographic prints. Allen Baker of Sarasota playing the bag pipe on the main stage at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival. One image also includes Scottish dancer Randy Whitehead. Festival director Thelma Boltin is visible in the background.
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Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

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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

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

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

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1950
Description: Two black and white prints. Images of University of Florida exchange student Sok Thong Doeung, along with another unidentified exchange student, demonstrating Cambodian folk dances.
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Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

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Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival	Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Performing arts Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Performers Square dancing Country dancing Dancers Speeches, addresses, etc. Choirs (music) Square dance Orators Oratory	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival	African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	African Americans Children A capella singing Costumes Students Performing arts Dancers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival	Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Native Americans Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Clothing and dress Hats Patchwork	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum	Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum	Still Image	Festivals Special events Antique and classic cars Automobiles	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Autoharpist Mark Moore	Autoharpist Mark Moore	Still Image	Harpists Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Autoharp Performing arts Musical instruments Music performance String instruments Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival	Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Bagpipes Dance Dancers Clothing and dress Musical instruments Kilts Demonstrations Performing arts Music performance Scottish Americans Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Beseda (Dance) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Folk dance Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boy Scouts performing	Boy Scouts performing	Still Image	Children Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Costumes Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Boy Scouts Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival	Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Bluegrass 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
Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival	Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Costumes Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Asian American arts Arts, Asian Asian Americans Dancers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

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Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

African American dancers and singers at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Antique car show at the Stephen Foster Memorial museum

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Bag piper Allen Baker at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival