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Gandy dancers show how sections of track were realigned

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Image Number

FA5458

Photographer

Alabama Center for Traditional Culture.

Date

1993 (circa)

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files : 1993 Additional Publicity Photos and Slides ; Box 3, FF39

Geographic Term

Alabama

Subject Term

Songs, Ethnic
Arts (Performing)--Alabama
Ethnicity, African American
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Musical traditions, African diaspora
Occupational groups
Industry, Railroads
Ethnic arts
Songs
Singing
Performing arts--Alabama
Music--Performance
Railroads--Equipment and supplies
Railroad ties
Railroad tracks
Railroad construction workers--Alabama
African American men--Alabama
Musical groups--Alabama

Corporate Subject

Gandy Dancers (Performing group)

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs.

Gandy dancers show how sections of track were realigned

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Title

Gandy dancers show how sections of track were realigned

Subject

Songs, Ethnic

Arts (Performing)--Alabama

Ethnicity, African American

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Occupational groups

Industry, Railroads

Ethnic arts

Songs

Singing

Performing arts--Alabama

Music--Performance

Railroads--Equipment and supplies

Railroad ties

Railroad tracks

Railroad construction workers--Alabama

African American men--Alabama

Musical groups--Alabama

Creator

Alabama Center for Traditional Culture.

Date

1993 (circa)

Identifier

FA5458

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Geographic Term

Alabama

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files : 1993 Additional Publicity Photos and Slides ; Box 3, FF39

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1664B3F39.

General Note

Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs.

Subject - Corporate

Gandy Dancers (Performing group)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. Gandy dancers show how sections of track were realigned. 1993 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111242>, accessed 16 June 2026.

MLA

Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. Gandy dancers show how sections of track were realigned. 1993 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111242>

AP Style Photo Citation

(State Archives of Florida/Alabama Center for Traditional Culture.)

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