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Listen: The Blues ProgramPeople getting Parkesdale Farms strawberries during the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Florida.
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Photographer
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Collection
Series 1047 ; Box 10
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Subject Term
Community enterprise--Florida--Plant City
Community culture--Florida--Plant City
Community rites--Florida--Plant City
Rites--Florida--Plant City
Practices
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Celebrations
Tourism--Florida--Plant City
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Plant City
Harvest festivals--Florida--Plant City
Food festivals--Florida--Plant City
Produce trade--Florida--Plant City
Fruit trade--Florida--Plant City
Berry industry--Florida--Plant City
Strawberry industry--Florida--Plant City
Fruit
Rosales
Rosaceae
Strawberries
Food industry and trade--Florida--Plant City
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Additional Creator
Additional Creator
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General Note
The Florida Strawberry Festival began in 1930 when members of the newly organized Plant City Lions Club conceived the idea of an event to celebrate the bountiful harvest of strawberries. In 1948, the American Legion Post #26 helped get the Florida Strawberry Festival reactivated following a six-year hiatus during and immediately following World War II.
The Parkesdale Farms company began when founder R.E. (Roy) Parke, Jr. moved to Plant City from Pennsylvania in 1956.
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