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Tom Walton playing African American gospel music- White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FS92297

Photographer

Nusz, Nancy, Collector.

Date

1989

Date Note

Photographed on May 26, 1989.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival-1989 ; no 59

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)
Hamilton County (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Walton, Tom, 1930-1997.

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Tom Walton playing African American gospel music- White Springs, Florida

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Title

Tom Walton playing African American gospel music- White Springs, Florida

Subject

Gospel musicians

Stringed instruments

Arts (Performing)

Musical traditions, Sacred

Songs, Religious

Religious music

Ethnicity, African American

Musical instruments

Instrumentalists

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Music--Performance

Music and folklore

Gospel music

Gospel (Black)

African American guitarists

African American musicians

African American men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

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

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

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

Guitar

Creator

Nusz, Nancy, Collector.

Date

1989

Identifier

FS92297

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed on May 26, 1989.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival-1989 ; no 59

Subject - Person

Walton, Tom, 1930-1997.

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (37th : 1989)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Nusz, Nancy, Collector. Tom Walton playing African American gospel music- White Springs, Florida. 1989. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123621>, accessed 20 June 2026.

MLA

Nusz, Nancy, Collector. Tom Walton playing African American gospel music- White Springs, Florida. 1989. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123621>

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(State Archives of Florida/Nusz)

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