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Troy Lovelace playing fiddle he made : Tampa, Florida.

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Image Number

FP8337

Photographer

DeVane, Dwight, Collector.

Date

1983 (circa)

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Personalities-Troy Lovelace-Fiddle player & maker, P-83-36 & P-83-37; Box 19, FF20

Geographic Term

Hillsborough County (Fla.)
Tampa (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Lovelace, Troy, 1902-1993.

Physical Description

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

Troy Lovelace playing fiddle he made : Tampa, Florida.

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Title

Troy Lovelace playing fiddle he made : Tampa, Florida.

Subject

Violin

Instrumentalists

Fiddlers

Fiddling

Music--Performance

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Craft

Instrument construction (Fiddles)

Music instrument making, String

Fiddle

Music (History and characteristics)

Bowed stringed instruments

Stringed instruments

Handicraft

Stringed instrument makers

Musical instrument makers

Artisans--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Material culture--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Folk music

Folk musicians--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Musicians--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Entertainers--Florida--Hillsborough County--Tampa

Musical instruments

Creator

DeVane, Dwight, Collector.

Date

1983 (circa)

Identifier

FP8337

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Geographic Term

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Tampa (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

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

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Personalities-Troy Lovelace-Fiddle player & maker, P-83-36 & P-83-37; Box 19, FF20

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1577B19F20.

Subject - Person

Lovelace, Troy, 1902-1993.

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Chicago Manual of Style

DeVane, Dwight, Collector. Troy Lovelace playing fiddle he made : Tampa, Florida. 1983 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115883>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

DeVane, Dwight, Collector. Troy Lovelace playing fiddle he made : Tampa, Florida. 1983 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/115883>

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(State Archives of Florida/DeVane)

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