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Seminole Indians Billy Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III with Creek Indian painter Fred Beaver at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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FP8244

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Folklife collection
Series 1577, Photographs P-79-707 thru P-82-155: Festivals & Events; Box 17, FF 142

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Seminole Indians Billy Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III with Creek Indian painter Fred Beaver at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Seminole Indians Billy Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III with Creek Indian painter Fred Beaver at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Older men

Ethnicity, Seminole

Ethnicity, Native American

Ethnic costume

Painters

Seminole Indians--Clothing

Seminole men

Muskogean Indians

Creek Indians

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Seminole Indians

Date

1954

Identifier

FP8244

Image URL

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Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Photographs P-79-707 thru P-82-155: Festivals & Events; Box 17, FF 142

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1577B17

Subject - Person

Beaver, Fred, 1911-1980.

Osceola, Billy, 1920-1974

Bowlegs, Billy, III, 1862-1965.

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (2nd : 1954)

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Seminole Indians Billy Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III with Creek Indian painter Fred Beaver at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1954. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115489>, accessed 13 June 2026.

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Seminole Indians Billy Osceola and Billy Bowlegs III with Creek Indian painter Fred Beaver at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1954. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115489>

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