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1981 July Fourth Celebration

Date: 1981-07-04
Description: Eighty-four color slides. Images of the annual July Fourth celebration in 1981. Includes images of games (652-653, 656-667, 615-617, 673-675), crafts (632-648), food (618-627), performers like Frank and Ann Thomas (676-680, 684-687), Gamble Rogers (672), and gospel singers (649-651).
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1981 July Fourth Celebration

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

Date: 1990-07-04
Description: 19 black and white images on a photographic proof sheet. Images 1-6: Watermelon seed spitting contest Images 7-10: Del Suggs performing Images 11-13: FFP employee/sound engineer Chris Williams Image 14: Willie James on fiddle and Bill Paine on guitar performing Images 15-19: Pete Martin on dulcimer and Bill Paine on guitar performing.
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1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Date: 1986-07-04
Description: Sixty-seven color slides. Each year, the Florida Folklife Program offered traditional music and games for Independence Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial. Folklorist Roller can be seen in slide S86-151.
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Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Date: 1988-07
Description: Fourteen color slides. Cooking a whole pig (lechon) in a cinder-block pit in the yard.
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Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Date: 1987-07-04
Description: 109 color slides; 3 proof sheets with 83 images (plus negatives.) Each 4 July, the Stephen Foster Center held an old-fashioned Independence Day celebraton, including games, food, and music. Several of the state folklorists, including Loomis and Nusz, may be seen participating.
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Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Date: 1960-07-04
Description: One reel to reel recording. The audio quality is poor. Held at Powell Hall because of heavy rains. Boltin emceed the event. Cliff Walden was a radio personality on WGGG in Gainesville. U.S. Rep. Matthews represented the 8th Congressional District from 1953 to 1967. He spoke on patriotism and the need for "states rights" -- but his speech suffers from audio resulting from damage to the reel to reel and is difficult to hear.
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Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Date: 1963-07-04
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Date: 1964-07-04
Description: Boltin served as emcee for the event. The event was held inside the bell tower due to unexpected rain. The Big Bend Musicians were Frank Noegel (on a home-made banjo), Dr. John Green, Claude Bedenbaugh, and Fred Jones. Carol Epperson sang as a substitute for her ill mother. And she played piano for Pursley, making his Stephen Foster memorial debut. McMullen was a member of the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission as well as the Hamilton County Chamber of Commerce and former White Springs mayor. In 1998 he received a Florida Folk Heritage Award from the Florida Dept. of State.
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Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Date: 1989-07-04
Description: Seventy-two color slides. Images of games, food booths, and other activites of the Old Time Independence Day celebrations that were held each year at the Stephen Foster Memorial, and sponsored by the Florida Folklife Program. Includes photos of Folklife Bureau staff participating.
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Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Date: 1990-07-04
Description: Forty-three color slides. Images of games, food booths, and other activites of the Old Time Independence Day celebrations that were held each year at the Stephen Foster Memorial, and sponsored by the Florida Folklife Program. Includes photos of Folklife bureau staff participating.
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Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

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1981 July Fourth Celebration	1981 July Fourth Celebration	Still Image	Festivals Holidays Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Special events Food Craft Demonstrations Games Music performance Performing arts Gospel (Black) Children	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center	1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Performing arts Games Entertainment Holidays Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Social gatherings Children Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration	Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration	Still Image	Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Special events Children Games Contests Watermelons Food Quilts Music performance Stringband music Cakewalk (Dance) Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July	Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July	Still Image	Fieldwork Cooking and dining Barbecue cookery Pigs Outdoor cookery Cookery, Cuban Cookery (Pork) Pork Cuban Americans Latinos Fourth of July Holidays Community culture Cooks	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Fourth of July celebration, 1987	Fourth of July celebration, 1987	Still Image	Fourth of July Games Children Saws Holidays Holidays and festivals Music performance Special events Leisure Recreation Contests	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s2043_00073	Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Fourth of July Holidays Public officers Public officials Oral performance Humor African Americans Segregation Old time music Country music Children Speeches, addresses, etc. Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Storytellers Judges Orators Musicians Legislators United States	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00147	Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Fourth of July Holidays	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s2043_00183	Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)	Sound	Concerts Music performance Performing arts Fourth of July Holidays Singing Patriotic songs Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Banjo music Fiddle music Old time music Speeches, addresses, etc. Oral performance Occasional speeches Judges Musicians Storytellers Orators Singers Banjoists Fiddlers Pianists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Special events Festivals Holidays Fourth of July Games Children Music Gospel music Fiddlers Performers Contests	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center	Still Image	Special events Festivals Holidays Fourth of July Games Children Music Gospel music Fiddlers Performers Contests	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1981 July Fourth Celebration

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1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

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Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

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1981 July Fourth Celebration

1981 July Fourth Celebration

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

1990 July Fourth Celebration at the Stephen Foster Center

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Barbequing a pig (lechon) for Fourth of July

Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Fourth of July celebration, 1987

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1960)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1963)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Fourth of July celebrations at Stephen Foster Memorial (1964)

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center

Fourth of July celebrations at the Stephen Foster Center