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Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida

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Image Number

FS92543

Photographer

Reddy, David, Collector.

Date

1991

Date Note

Photographed on May 28, 1991.

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Collection

Folklife Collection.
Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1991 ; no 60

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1 slide - col.

Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida

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Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Musical traditions, Anglo-American

Violin

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

Music--Performance

Stringed instruments

Fiddlers

Bowed stringed instruments

Fiddling

Guitarists

Musical instruments

Guitar

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

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

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

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

Contests--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Creator

Reddy, David, Collector.

Date

1991

Identifier

FS92543

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Date Note

Photographed on May 28, 1991.

Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

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color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife Collection.

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1991 ; no 60

Subject - Person

Jones, Willie David, 1923-2006.

Staley, Tom

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (39th : 1991)

Subject - Corporate

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Reddy, David, Collector. Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123644>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Reddy, David, Collector. Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida. 1991. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123644>

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(State Archives of Florida/Reddy)

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Willie Jones and Tom Staley playing in the fiddle contest - White Springs, Florida

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