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Haitian American man named Lucien playing steel drums at Aux Palmistes restaurant - Miami, Florida

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Image Number

FA1177

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in July 1985.

Rights

Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF3

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)
Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Songs, Haitian
Songs, Ethnic
Musical traditions, Haitian
Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean
Musical traditions
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Haitian American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Haitian American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
Percussion instruments
Music--Performance
Haitian Americans--Music
Haitian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Musical instruments

Personal Subjects

Lucien

Corporate Subject

Aux Palmistes (Restaurant : Miami, Fla.)

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

He is playing Compas which is Haitian dance music.

Haitian American man named Lucien playing steel drums at Aux Palmistes restaurant - Miami, Florida

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Haitian American man named Lucien playing steel drums at Aux Palmistes restaurant - Miami, Florida

Subject

Songs, Haitian

Songs, Ethnic

Musical traditions, Haitian

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Musical traditions

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Haitian American entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Haitian American musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Steel drum (Musical instrument)

Percussion instruments

Music--Performance

Haitian Americans--Music

Haitian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Musical instruments

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA1177

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in July 1985.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, Metro-Dade 1985-1986 ; Box 4, FF3

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1640B4F3.

General Note

He is playing Compas which is Haitian dance music.

Subject - Person

Lucien

Subject - Corporate

Aux Palmistes (Restaurant : Miami, Fla.)

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Haitian American man named Lucien playing steel drums at Aux Palmistes restaurant - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106367>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Sommers, Laurie Kay. Haitian American man named Lucien playing steel drums at Aux Palmistes restaurant - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106367>

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(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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