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Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida.

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Image Number

FA5698

Photographer

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

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1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida.

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Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida.

Subject

Conch shell

Musical traditions, Latin American and Caribbean

Musical traditions, Haitian

Arts (performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Ethnicity, Latin American and Caribbean

Ethnicity, Haitian

Musical instruments

Shells

Musicians--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Entertainers--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Haitian American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Haitian Americans--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Performing arts--Florida--Dade County--Miami-Dade County--Miami

Creator

Sommers, Laurie Kay

Date

1985

Identifier

FA5698

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Date Note

Photographed in August 1985.

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Miami (Fla.)

Miami-Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

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Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives:Metro Dade Fieldwork, Color Slides, Laurie Sommers, 1985 ; Box 1, FF12

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B1FF12.

Subject - Person

Joseph, Limone, 1939-

Subject - Corporate

Miami-Dade Folklife Survey.

Florida Folklife Program.

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Sommers, Laurie Kay. Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111477>, accessed 10 June 2026.

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Sommers, Laurie Kay. Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111477>

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(State Archives of Florida/Sommers)

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Limone Joseph demonstrating po lambi (shell) playing - Miami, Florida.

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