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Buck Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida

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Image Number

FS851465

Photographer

Owen, Blanton, Collector.

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in February 1985.

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Collection

Folklife Collection.
Series 1577, 1985 St Johns Survey ; no 27

Geographic Term

Hastings (Fla.)
Saint Johns County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Music--Performance
Ethnicity, African American
Musical traditions, Secular
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Blues musicians
Blues (Music)
Blues (Music)--1981-1990
Stringed instruments
Musical instruments
Instrumentalists
African American guitarists
Guitar
Musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American men--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Folk musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
African American musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings
Guitarists

Personal Subjects

Thompson, Buck

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Buck Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida

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Title

Buck Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida

Subject

Music--Performance

Ethnicity, African American

Musical traditions, Secular

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Blues musicians

Blues (Music)

Blues (Music)--1981-1990

Stringed instruments

Musical instruments

Instrumentalists

African American guitarists

Guitar

Musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings

African American men--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings

Folk musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings

African American musicians--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Saint Johns County--Hastings

Guitarists

Creator

Owen, Blanton, Collector.

Date

1985

Identifier

FS851465

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in February 1985.

Geographic Term

Hastings (Fla.)

Saint Johns County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife Collection.

Folklife Collection Series 1577, 1985 St Johns Survey ; no 27

Subject - Person

Thompson, Buck

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Owen, Blanton, Collector. Buck Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121684>, accessed 3 October 2023.

MLA

Owen, Blanton, Collector. Buck Thompson playing blues guitar - Hastings, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121684>

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(State Archives of Florida/Owen)

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