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10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962

Date: 1962-05-04
Description: Schedule for the 10th Annual Florida Folk Festival held May 4-6, 1962, in White Springs.
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10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962

African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

Date: 1978 (circa)
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African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

Date: 1989 (circa)
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African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1913
Description: WPA Church Record for African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, established in 1913. This African Methodist Episcopal Church church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Charles J. Prince.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church

Alfonso W. Levy

Date: 1961
Description: Six black and white prints. Levy was a popular Lake City musician (playing with the Salt and Pepper Trio) as well as music director at Trinity Methodist Church and principal of Niblack School. Images are of Levy leading several choirs at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Alfonso W. Levy

Date: 1961
Description: Six black and white prints. Levy was a popular Lake City musician (playing with the Salt and Pepper Trio)as well as music director at Trinity Methodist Church and principal of Niblack School. Images are of Levy leading several choirs at the Florida Folk Festival.
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Alfonso W. Levy

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Date: 1884
Description: WPA Church Record for Antioch Primitive Baptist Church in Altoona, Lake County, established in 1884. This Primitive Baptist Convention of the United States of America, Inc. church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by W.A. Beasley.
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Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Date: 1979-08
Description: Fifteen color slides. Baker with his sculptures and paintings. Several images of Baker's paintings are included. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he was a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City, but also created emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, see S 1576, box 11, C84-2
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Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Date: 1987-10
Description: Thirty color slides. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City and made emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, S1576, box 11, C84-2. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Bartley Temple

Date: 1921
Description: WPA Church Record for Bartley Temple in Eustis, Lake County, established in 1921. This Methodist Episcopalian Church United Fellowship church served a mainly African-American congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by R.A. Morgan.
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Bartley Temple

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
s1619_b001_f10_1962_01	10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962	Text	Folk Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Festivals, Events and Conferences Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs	/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1619_b001_f10_1962_01.jpg
FS78718A	African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida		Community culture--Florida--Columbia County--Lake City Religious groups, Holiness Religious groups--Florida--Columbia County--Lake City Suits (Clothing) African American Holiness church members African American men--Florida--Columbia County--Lake City	/fpc/folklife/fs78718a.gif
FA1678	African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida		African Americans--Music Musical groups--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs African American Holiness church members Singing--Religious aspects Choral singing Choirs (Music) Vocal groups Songs, Ethnic Songs Ethnic arts Religious groups--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Religious groups, Holiness Religious music Gospel (Black) Musical traditions, Sacred Practices Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Belief and custom Projects, Instate Folklife and folklore projects Gospel music Popular music Performing arts Music--Performance Ethnicity, African American African American women singers African American women--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Singing Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs Musical traditions, African diaspora	/fpc/folklife/fa1678.gif
slf_wpachurch_3761	African Methodist Episcopal Church	Text	Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg
Alfonso W. Levy	Alfonso W. Levy	Still Image	Musicians Music director Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Children African Americans Performing arts Choir singing Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alfonso W. Levy	Alfonso W. Levy	Still Image	Musicians Music director Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Children African Americans Performing arts Choir singing Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
slf_wpachurch_2523	Antioch Primitive Baptist Church	Text	Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg
Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings	Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings	Still Image	Artists Sculptors Painters Fieldwork Sculpture Painting Art Decorative arts African Americans Figurines Artists studios	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker	Artwork by Pharaoh Baker	Still Image	Painters Sculptors Fieldwork Painting Art Decorative arts African Americans Material culture Sculpture Figurines Metal craft Metal sculpture Artists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
slf_wpachurch_2451	Bartley Temple	Text	Florida Historical Records Survey Work Projects Administration Florida -- Churches Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs. Church buildings -- Florida	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/church_record.jpg

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10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962

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African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

African Methodist Episcopal Church

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Bartley Temple

Bartley Temple

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10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962

10th Annual Florida Folk Festival Schedule, 1962

African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

African American men sitting by the Zion Temple Holiness Church - Lake City, Florida

African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

African American singing group at the Florida Folk Festival- White Springs, Florida

African Methodist Episcopal Church

African Methodist Episcopal Church

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Alfonso W. Levy

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Antioch Primitive Baptist Church

Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Artist Pharaoh Baker with his sculptures and paintings

Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Artwork by Pharaoh Baker

Bartley Temple

Bartley Temple