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Listen: The Blues ProgramCrew laying track for Gandy Dancers performance at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
Image Number
FA5374
Photographer
Higgs, Beth(Elizabeth), Collector.
Date
1993-05-25
Date Note
Photographed on May 25, 1993.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Series 1664, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files: 1993: Slides(Beth Higgs) ; Box 3, FF22
Series 1664, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files: 1993: Slides(Beth Higgs) ; Box 3, FF22
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Industry, Railroads
Occupations, Transportation
Trucks
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroad ties
Railroad tracks
Railroad construction workers
Railroads--Employees
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Practices
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Industry, Railroads
Occupations, Transportation
Trucks
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroad ties
Railroad tracks
Railroad construction workers
Railroads--Employees
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 slide - col - 35 mm.
General Note
Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs. The dancers were C. Wright, John Mealing, Charlie Vinson, Allen Jones, and Elder Brown.
Crew laying track for Gandy Dancers performance at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida
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