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Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music.

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FP83197C

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Folklife collection
Series 1577, Folklife & Folklore Projects - Ida Goodson Record Project, P-83-192 thru P-83-200; Box 19, FF101

Geographic Term

Florida

Personal Subjects

Pierce, Billie, 1907-1974 -- Performances
Pierce, De De, 1904-1973 -- Performances

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Florida Folklife Program.
Ida Goodson Record Project.

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1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

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Accompanying note: "From Ida Goodson's private collection."

Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music.

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Title

Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music.

Subject

Jazz

Songs

Music--Performance

Performances (Entertainment events)

Arts (Performing)

Musical traditions

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Musical traditions, Secular

Songs, Blues

Ethnicity, African American

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Projects, Instate

Folklife and folklore projects

Ragtime music

Blues (Music)

Popular music

Trumpet players

Brass instrument players

Instrumentalists

Jazz musicians

Blues musicians

African American musicians

African American entertainers

Performing arts

Married people

African American couples

African Americans

Pianists

Date

1900 (circa)

Identifier

FP83197C

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Florida

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Folklife & Folklore Projects - Ida Goodson Record Project, P-83-192 thru P-83-200; Box 19, FF101

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1577B19F101.

General Note

Accompanying note: "From Ida Goodson's private collection."

Subject - Person

Pierce, Billie, 1907-1974 -- Performances

Pierce, De De, 1904-1973 -- Performances

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

Ida Goodson Record Project.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115841>, accessed 18 June 2026.

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Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music. 1900 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115841>

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(State Archives of Florida)

Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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Billie Pierce at piano with her husband "De De" on trumpet playing jazz, ragtime and blues music.