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Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida.

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Image Number

FA1776

Photographer

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1991

Date Note

Photographed in July 1991.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1640, RG 158, Emelia and Irene Fernandez, Cuban Comparsa Dancing ; Box 10, FF3

Geographic Term

Key West (Fla.)
Monroe County (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Borroso, Hector -- Performances
Chaver, Buddy -- Performances

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1 slide - col.

Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida.

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Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida.

Subject

Saxophone

Saxophonists

Woodwind instruments

Music--Cuban influences

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Ethnicity, Cuban

Musical traditions, Cuban

Musical instruments

Instrumentalists

Percussion instruments

Drum

Drummers (Musicians)

Music--Performance

Ethnic costume

Songs, Cuban

Comparsa

Cuban American musicians

Cuban American men--Florida--Monroe County--Key West

Cuban Americans

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Monroe County--Key West

Creator

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1991

Identifier

FA1776

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in July 1991.

Geographic Term

Key West (Fla.)

Monroe County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, RG 158, Emelia and Irene Fernandez, Cuban Comparsa Dancing ; Box 10, FF3

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1640B10F3

Subject - Person

Chaver, Buddy -- Performances

Borroso, Hector -- Performances

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107133>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/107133>

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(State Archives of Florida/Stone)

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Cuban comparsa band members Hector Borroso (L) and Buddy Chaver performing- Key West, Florida.