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May Newman playing cigar box banjo she made - Palatka, Florida.

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Image Number

FP8640A

Photographer

McDonald, Mary Anne, Collector.

Date

1920 (circa)

Rights

Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, St Johns River Survey - Crescent City Catfish Festival 1985, P-86-2 thru P-86-4; Box 19, FF105

Geographic Term

Palatka (Fla.)
Putnam County (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Newman, May

Corporate Subject

Saint Johns River Survey.
Florida Folklife Program.

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

May Newman playing cigar box banjo she made - Palatka, Florida.

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Title

May Newman playing cigar box banjo she made - Palatka, Florida.

Subject

Instrument construction

Music instrument making

Music instrument making, String

Instrument construction (Banjoes)

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Craft

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Putnam County--Palatka

Music

Musical instruments

Stringed instruments

Plucked instruments

Lute

Musical instrument makers

Stringed instrument makers

Banjo makers

Children--Florida--Putnam County--Palatka

Girls--Florida--Putnam County--Palatka

Material culture--Florida--Putnam County--Palatka

Banjo--Construction

Creator

McDonald, Mary Anne, Collector.

Date

1920 (circa)

Identifier

FP8640A

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Geographic Term

Palatka (Fla.)

Putnam County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, St Johns River Survey - Crescent City Catfish Festival 1985, P-86-2 thru P-86-4; Box 19, FF105

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1577B19F105.

Subject - Person

Newman, May

Subject - Corporate

Saint Johns River Survey.

Florida Folklife Program.

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

McDonald, Mary Anne, Collector. May Newman playing cigar box banjo she made - Palatka, Florida. 1920 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/116014>, accessed 10 June 2023.

MLA

McDonald, Mary Anne, Collector. May Newman playing cigar box banjo she made - Palatka, Florida. 1920 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 10 Jun. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/116014>

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(State Archives of Florida/McDonald)

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