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Zeke Stephens of Panama City playing his homemade gourd fiddle at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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FA3856

Date Note

Photographed in September 1977.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series S 1578, Publicity photographs and files for the Florida Folk Festivals, Incl dates 1954-1992, Zeke and Rosa Stephens (Fiddler and Straw Beating), 1957, 1976, 1977, ; Box 2, F71

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)
Hamilton County (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Stephens, Zeke, 1895-1984.

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

Zeke Stephens of Panama City playing his homemade gourd fiddle at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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Zeke Stephens of Panama City playing his homemade gourd fiddle at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

Subject

Instrumentalists

Music--Performance

Musical instruments

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

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

Practices

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

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Fiddling

Fiddlers

Musical traditions, Anglo-American

Folk music

Folk musicians

Performances (Entertainment events)

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

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

Manners and customs

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

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

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

Older men

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

Date

1977

Identifier

FA3856

Image URL

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Date Note

Photographed in September 1977.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

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

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series S 1578, Publicity photographs and files for the Florida Folk Festivals, Incl dates 1954-1992, Zeke and Rosa Stephens (Fiddler and Straw Beating), 1957, 1976, 1977, ; Box 2, F71

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1578B2F71.

Subject - Person

Stephens, Zeke, 1895-1984.

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (25th : 1977)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Zeke Stephens of Panama City playing his homemade gourd fiddle at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1977. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109782>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Zeke Stephens of Panama City playing his homemade gourd fiddle at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1977. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/109782>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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