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Crew laying track for Gandy Dancers performance at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FA5382

Photographer

Higgs, Beth(Elizabeth), Collector.

Date

1993-05-25

Date Note

Photographed on May 25, 1993.

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

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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Higgs, Beth(Elizabeth), Collector. Crew laying track for Gandy Dancers performance at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1993-05-25. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111170>, accessed 1 February 2023.

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Higgs, Beth(Elizabeth), Collector. Crew laying track for Gandy Dancers performance at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1993-05-25. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111170>

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