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Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Date: 29605
Description: Black and white 9.5 x 14 print.
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Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Date: 1982
Description: One black and white print, plus negative.
Collection

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 31920
Description: Six color slides. Junkanoos, from the Bahamas, playing in the Folklife area of the Florida Folk Festival.
Collection

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Date: 1980-05-05
Description: Twenty-eight black and white prints with negatives. Images of blues musician Murray performing with his guitar at his home for folklorists Dwight Devane and Peggy Bulger. Some of the images show Murray being recorded. Devane is pictured as well.
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Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 32291
Description: Twenty color slides. Group was from Sarasota.
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Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Date
Description: One photographic proof sheet with 25 black and white images. Also included are a few images of Tarpon Springs sponge boats. December 1978.
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Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Date
Description: Black and white 10 x 14 inch photographic print. Thelma Boltin of Gainesville was the Florida Folk festival director. Bob Pavitt of Sarasota sang at several festivals.
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Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1950
Description: Two black and white prints.
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Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1988-05
Description: Nine colors slides. Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the SW Folklife Area, Florida Folk Festival. The images are very dark. For more information on Blizard, see S 1704, box 1, folder 1.
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Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Singer Will McLean

Date: 1978-12-20
Description: One black and white print with negative. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname for the hat he usually wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990.
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Singer Will McLean

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Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival	Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival	Still Image	African Americans Entertainers Piano music (Blues) Blues (Music) Performing arts Festivals Folk festivals Musicians Pianists Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ida Goodson playing piano onstage	Ida Goodson playing piano onstage	Still Image	African Americans Piano music (Blues) Pianos Blues (Music) Performing arts Musical instruments Entertainers Singers Musicians Performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival	Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	African Americans Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Musical groups Entertainers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray	Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray	Still Image	Blues (Music) Guitar music African Americans Music Musical instruments Folklife Material culture Guitar Recording equipment Sound recordings Performers Performing arts Folklorists Guitarist Entertainers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Circus Entertainers Performing arts Folklore revival festivals Festivals Folk festivals Clowns Circus performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown	Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown	Still Image	Entertainers Performers Performing arts African Americans Guitarists Guitar Blues (Music) Guitar music String instruments Boats and boating Sponges Guitarist Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin	Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin	Still Image	Entertainers Folk singers Performers Guitarists Guitarist Arts administrators Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival	Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Entertainers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Harmonicas Musicians Performing arts Musical instruments Music performance Comedy	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Entertainers Folklore revival festivals Festivals Folk festivals Musical ensembles Musical groups Performers Performing arts Music Singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Singer Will McLean	Singer Will McLean	Still Image	Entertainers Performers Performing arts Music Composers Music performance Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Singer Will McLean

Singer Will McLean

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Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Ida Goodson playing piano at the Great Coast Arts Festival

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Ida Goodson playing piano onstage

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival

Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Recording blues guitarist Emmett Murray

Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Sailor Circus of Sarasota at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown

Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Bob Pavitt and Thelma Boltin

Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Folk comic and harmonica player Leroy McDaniel at the Florida Folk Festival

Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Singer Will McLean

Singer Will McLean

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