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Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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FA3546

Date Note

Photographed in September 1977.

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Folklife collection
Series S1578, Publicity photographs and files for the Florida Folk Festivals, Incl dates 1954-1992: Mt Carmel Baptist Church Choir #1, Palatka, Choice Butler, leader, 1977, Box 1, F33

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1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

General Note

The Deckards are from Lake City.

Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

Subject

Music--Performance

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Musical traditions, Sacred

Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Practices

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Musical instruments

Guitar

Guitarists

Vocal music

Sacred songs

Gospel music

Singing

Gospel singers

Gospel musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Manners and customs

Folk Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Singers

Sacred music

Date

1977

Identifier

FA3546

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Date Note

Photographed in September 1977.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

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b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series S1578, Publicity photographs and files for the Florida Folk Festivals, Incl dates 1954-1992: Mt Carmel Baptist Church Choir #1, Palatka, Choice Butler, leader, 1977, Box 1, F33

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1578B1FF33.

General Note

The Deckards are from Lake City.

Subject - Person

Deckard, Rosco

Deckard, Vera

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (25th : 1977)

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1977. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109435>, accessed 15 June 2026.

MLA

Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1977. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109435>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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Vera and Rosco Deckard, "The Singing Deckards", performing at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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