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Moses Williams playing the diddley bow at a vegetable stand- Waverly, Florida

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Image Number

FP825

Photographer

Bulger, Peggy A.

Date

1982 (circa)

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Photographs P-79-707 thru P-82-155: Personalities; Box 17, FF 126

Physical Description

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

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow at a vegetable stand- Waverly, Florida

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Title

Moses Williams playing the diddley bow at a vegetable stand- Waverly, Florida

Subject

Diddley bow

Folk musicians

Folk music

Ethnicity, African American

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Instrumentalists

Musical instruments

Music--Performance

Stringed instruments

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Polk County--Waverly

Community culture

Community enterprise

Signs and signboards

Vegetable trade

African American musicians

African American men--Florida--Polk County--Waverly

Creator

Bulger, Peggy A.

Date

1982 (circa)

Identifier

FP825

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Waverly (Fla.)

Polk County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

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

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Photographs P-79-707 thru P-82-155: Personalities; Box 17, FF 126

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1577B17

Subject - Person

Williams, Moses, 1919-1988

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Chicago Manual of Style

Bulger, Peggy A. Moses Williams playing the diddley bow at a vegetable stand- Waverly, Florida. 1982 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115514>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Bulger, Peggy A. Moses Williams playing the diddley bow at a vegetable stand- Waverly, Florida. 1982 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115514>

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(State Archives of Florida/Bulger)

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