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Listen: The Folk ProgramGroup portrait of 3rd Annual F.I.S. circus acrobats and tumblers in Marianna.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, S 2247, Box 7
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Public institutions--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
Reformatories--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
Boys--Institutional care
Juvenile corrections--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile justice, Administration of--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
Industrial arts
Circus
Gymnasts
Juvenile delinquents--Portraits
Portraits, Group--Florida--Jackson County--Marianna
Child acrobats
Physical Description
General Note
The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, was a high risk residential commitment facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice for male youth 13 to 21 years of age who were committed by the Court. The school originally opened in 1900 as the Florida State Reform School. It was later known as the Florida Industrial School for Boys (1914-1957), the Florida School for Boys (1957-1967), and finally the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. The school closed in 2011.
Accompanying list of acrobats & tumblers include: Albert Baggett, Norman Catledge, George Eckers, Bill Sangster, Herbert Schaefer, Ellie Durden, Melvin Burch, Billy Johnson, Woodrow Chavis, Willie Phillips, Bill Atkinson.
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