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Classic country music played for shoeshine rag by Frank Mitchell at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FP831476

Photographer

Belland, Merri, Collector.

Date

1983

Date Note

Photographed in May 1983.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Festivals, Events & Conferences - Florida Folk Festival 1983, P-83-147; Box 19, FF57

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)
Hamilton County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Country Clyde
Mitchell, Frank, 1919-1987.
Ryals, Dennie

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

"Country Clyde" is on guitar and Dennie Ryals is playing the fiddle.

Classic country music played for shoeshine rag by Frank Mitchell at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

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Classic country music played for shoeshine rag by Frank Mitchell at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Fiddling

Music--Performance

Performances (Entertainment events)

Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Recreation--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Manners and customs

Music (History and characteristics)

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Occupational music

Shoeshine rag

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Practices

Community rites--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Belief and custom

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Bowed stringed instruments

Guitar

Stringed instruments

Musical instruments

Popular music

Folk music

Fiddlers

Guitarists

Instrumentalists

Male musicians

Country musicians

Shoe shiners

Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Musicians--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Country music

Violin

Creator

Belland, Merri, Collector.

Date

1983

Identifier

FP831476

Image URL

/fpc/folklife/fp831476.jpg

Thumbnail

/fpc/folklife/fp831476.gif

Date Note

Photographed in May 1983.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Festivals, Events & Conferences - Florida Folk Festival 1983, P-83-147; Box 19, FF57

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1577B19F57.

General Note

"Country Clyde" is on guitar and Dennie Ryals is playing the fiddle.

Subject - Person

Mitchell, Frank, 1919-1987.

Country Clyde

Ryals, Dennie

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (31st : 1983)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Belland, Merri, Collector. Classic country music played for shoeshine rag by Frank Mitchell at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115622>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Belland, Merri, Collector. Classic country music played for shoeshine rag by Frank Mitchell at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115622>

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(State Archives of Florida/Belland)

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