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Cruz family members preparing fruit at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida.

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Image Number

FA5739

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in September 1985.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

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1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Cruz family members preparing fruit at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida.

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Cruz family members preparing fruit at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida.

Subject

Ethnic patriotic celebrations

Entertainment

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Mexican Independence Day

Cooking

Foodways, Mexican

Foodways

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Ethnicity, Mexico

Cooking (Fruit)

Fruit

Mexican Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City

Manners and customs

Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City

Ethnic festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City

Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Florida City

Food

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA5739

Image URL

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Thumbnail

/fpc/folklife/fa5739.gif

Date Note

Photographed in September 1985.

Geographic Term

Florida City (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B1FF12.

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

Miami-Dade Folklife Survey.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Cruz family members preparing fruit at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111518>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Cruz family members preparing fruit at Mexican Independence Day celebration - Florida City, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111518>

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(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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