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Skip Johns and the Travelers playing bluegrass - White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FS831531

Photographer

Diersing, Bryan, Collector.

Date

1983

Date Note

Photographed in May 1983.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, 1983 Florida Folk Festival ; no 20

Geographic Term

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

Corporate Subject

Florida Folklife Program.

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Skip Johns and the Travelers playing bluegrass - White Springs, Florida

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Title

Skip Johns and the Travelers playing bluegrass - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Banjo

Fiddlers

Fiddling

Guitar

Resonator guitar

Guitarists

Violin

Songs, Bluegrass

Musical traditions, Anglo-American

Banjoists

Performances (Entertainment events)

Bands (Music)--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Instrumentalists

Singers

Stringed instruments

Bluegrass music

Dobro music (Bluegrass)

Music--Performance

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

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

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

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

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

Musical instruments

Creator

Diersing, Bryan, Collector.

Date

1983

Identifier

FS831531

Image URL

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Thumbnail

/fpc/folklife/fs831531.gif

Date Note

Photographed in May 1983.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, 1983 Florida Folk Festival ; no 20

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (31st : 1983)

Subject - Corporate

Florida Folklife Program.

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Diersing, Bryan, Collector. Skip Johns and the Travelers playing bluegrass - White Springs, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121269>, accessed 12 June 2026.

MLA

Diersing, Bryan, Collector. Skip Johns and the Travelers playing bluegrass - White Springs, Florida. 1983. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/121269>

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(State Archives of Florida/Diersing)

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