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Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, Folder 1 of 2 ; Box 2, FF1
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Belief and custom
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Practices
Occupational groups--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Shoeshine rag
Occupational music
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Music
Service industries workers
Shoe shiners
Performing arts--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
African American men--Florida--Dade County--Miami
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Rag poppers are shoe shiners who beat out rhythms on their customer's shoes.
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Larsen, Eric, Collector. Roy Lee Walker popping rags at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1986. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111638>, accessed 12 June 2026.
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Larsen, Eric, Collector. Roy Lee Walker popping rags at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1986. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111638>
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(State Archives of Florida/Larsen)
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