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Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

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Description: 33 black and white prints. Photographs from the Florida Folk Festival donated by Festival director Thelma Boltin. 79-565, 581 Boy Scout Troop #4, Tampa 79-546, 570 University of Florida International Students 79-547 Eugenia Sissini Fitcher 79-548, 549 Folk Festival images 79-550, 551,552,559,564 Parris Island Promenaders 79-553-555 Beseda Club Dancers, Marsaryktown, Florida 79-556,557,560,561 Florida Folk Festival 79-558,575 Thelma Boltin 79-562,563 New Stanton High School 79-565 Carver Negro School 79-566 Jump rope games 79-567,568 Diane Weldon 79-569,571,573 unidentified 79-572 Debra Waldon 79-574 Thelma Boltin, Lydia Ann Boltin 79-576 Florida Town Precision Cloggers 79-577 Boltin greets legislators to Florida Folk Festival 79-578,579 Jesse Law 79-580 Richard Chase 79-582 Ray Harris 79-583 34th Street Laundromat String Band, from Fernandina c. 1950s
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Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1956-05-04
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1956 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1. The program by the students of Stanton High School was a Life of Stephen Foster.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1957-05-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1957 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1957-05-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The second half of the reel consists of the Friday evening performances. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1957 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1955-05-02
Description: One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded.
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Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1955-05-02
Description: One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded.
Collection

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1955-05-02
Description: One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded. Students from Stanton High School were performing a musical pageant called "Way Down South."
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Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1960 (circa)
Description: Black and white photograph. Students from Stanton High School, at the time an African American school in Jacksonville, performing spirituals at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

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Description: One reel to reel recording (14:10 minutes). A program on African American spirituals, featuring various choruses and choirs. Unfortunately, the show does not identify who performs which songs. There is also a 15-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)

Date: 1963-11
Description: One reel to reel recording (27:40 minutes). A program on African American spirituals, featuring various choruses and choirs. Unfortunately, the show does not identify who performs which songs. There is also a 15-minute version. These radio programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)

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Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s	Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Singing Square dancing Folk dance Children Games Musical groups Performers Singers Entertainers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t77-039	Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Elementary schools Spirituals (Songs) African Americans Children Gospel (Black) Oral performance Gospel music Choruses Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-055	Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Elementary schools Spirituals (Songs) African Americans Gospel (Black) Oral performance Gospel music Oral narratives Boat drivers Singers Boat driver Children Choruses Musicians Students Tour guides (Persons)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-056a	Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Spirituals (Songs) African Americans Religious songs Gospel (Black) Religious music Gospel music Children Choruses Musicians Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-022	Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Students African Americans Scouts and scouting Gospel (Black) Spirituals (Songs) Gospel songs Religious songs Boy Scouts Choruses Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-023	Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Musicians Musical groups Bands (Music) Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts African Americans Gospel (Black) Singers Singing Gospel music A capella singers A capella singing Gospel songs Hawaiian guitar Spirituals (Songs) String bands Barbershop singing Barbershop quartets Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-016	Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Folk festivals Festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts African Americans Singing Historical drama Scouts and scouting Dance Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival	Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	African Americans Spirituals (Songs) Performing arts Singing Children Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s2042_sfm_70	Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)	Sound	Students Radio Documentaries Radio Radio programs, Public service Performing arts Singing African Americans Spiritual music Spirituals (Songs) Music performance Radio announcing Advertising, Public service Choir singing Choirs (music) Religious songs Christianity Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2042_sfm_69	Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)	Sound	Students Radio Documentaries Radio Radio programs, Public service Performing arts Singing African Americans Spiritual music Spirituals (Songs) Music performance Radio announcing Advertising, Public service Choir singing Choirs (music) Religious songs Christianity Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)

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Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

Florida Folk Festival photographs from the 1950s

Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1957 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday evening performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Stanton High School students performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (15-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Exchange Students (30-minute version)