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Finnish fiddler William Syralia being recorded at his home - Lake Worth, Florida.

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Image Number

FA2878

Photographer

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector.

Date

1986-09-28

Date Note

Photographed on September 28, 1986.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1685, PBFAIE ; Vol 1

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Finnish fiddler William Syralia being recorded at his home - Lake Worth, Florida.

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Title

Finnish fiddler William Syralia being recorded at his home - Lake Worth, Florida.

Subject

Performing arts--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Worth

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Worth

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Music--Performance

Fiddling

Sound--Recording and reproducing

Musical instruments

Stringed instruments

Bowed stringed instruments

Violin music

Fiddle tunes

Violinists

Instrumentalists

Musicians--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Worth

Entertainers--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Worth

Finnish American men--Florida--Palm Beach County--Lake Worth

Finnish Americans

Fiddlers

Violin

Creator

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector.

Date

1986-09-28

Identifier

FA2878

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed on September 28, 1986.

Geographic Term

Palm Beach County (Fla.)

Lake Worth (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1685, PBFAIE ; Vol 1

Subject - Person

Syralia, William, 1898-1993.

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector. Finnish fiddler William Syralia being recorded at his home - Lake Worth, Florida. 1986-09-28. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108797>, accessed 11 June 2026.

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Rosenberg, Jan, Collector. Finnish fiddler William Syralia being recorded at his home - Lake Worth, Florida. 1986-09-28. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108797>

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(State Archives of Florida/Rosenberg)

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