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Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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Image Number

FA5956

Photographer

Saltzman, Riki, Collector.

Date

1988

Date Note

Photographed in March 1988.

Rights

Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, 1988 ; Box 2, FF3

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)
Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Belief and custom
Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Practices
Hair braiding
Craft
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Beauty operators
Hairstyles
Braids (Hairdressing)
Hairdressing of African Americans
Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami
Manners and customs
Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami
African American women--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Personal Subjects

Bright, Theola

Corporate Subject

Historical Museum of Southern Florida (Miami, Fla.)

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

Subject

Belief and custom

Secular festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Community rites--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Practices

Hair braiding

Craft

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

Beauty operators

Hairstyles

Braids (Hairdressing)

Hairdressing of African Americans

Material culture--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Recreation--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Manners and customs

Festivals--Florida--Dade County--Miami

African American women--Florida--Dade County--Miami

Creator

Saltzman, Riki, Collector.

Date

1988

Identifier

FA5956

Image URL

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Thumbnail

/fpc/folklife/fa5956.gif

Date Note

Photographed in March 1988.

Geographic Term

Miami (Fla.)

Metropolitan Dade County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col. - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1667, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archives Florida Folklife fieldwork photographs, slides, and negatives: Traditions Festival, 1988 ; Box 2, FF3

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1667B2F3.

Subject - Person

Bright, Theola

Subject - Meeting

Traditions Festival (1988 : Miami, Fla)

Subject - Corporate

Historical Museum of Southern Florida (Miami, Fla.)

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1988. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111733>, accessed 18 June 2026.

MLA

Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida. 1988. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111733>

AP Style Photo Citation

(State Archives of Florida/Saltzman)

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Theola Bright braiding hair at the Traditions Festival - Miami, Florida.

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