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Voices of the Ancestors giving a drumming demonstration at the John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

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Image Number

FS94247

Photographer

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1992

Date Note

Photographed in February 1992.

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Folk Arts in Education : Duval County - 1992; no 66

Geographic Term

Jacksonville (Fla.)
Duval County (Fla.)

Subject Term

Folklife and folklore projects
Projects, Instate
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Ethnicity, African American
Entertainers
Arts (Performing)--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Performing arts--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Music--Performance
Instrumentalists
Drummers (Musicians)
Musical instruments
Percussion instruments
African American musicians--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
African American entertainers--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
African American men--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Drums

Personal Subjects

Osegun, Adewale

Corporate Subject

Voices of the Ancestors (Musical group)
John E. Ford Elementary School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.
Duval County Folk Arts in Education.

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Voices of the Ancestors giving a drumming demonstration at the John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

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Title

Voices of the Ancestors giving a drumming demonstration at the John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida.

Subject

Folklife and folklore projects

Projects, Instate

Ethnicity, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

Entertainers

Arts (Performing)--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Performing arts--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Music--Performance

Instrumentalists

Drummers (Musicians)

Musical instruments

Percussion instruments

African American musicians--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

African American entertainers--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

African American men--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville

Drums

Creator

Hansen, Gregory, Collector.

Date

1992

Identifier

FS94247

Image URL

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/fpc/folklife/fs94247.gif

Date Note

Photographed in February 1992.

Geographic Term

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Folk Arts in Education : Duval County - 1992; no 66

Subject - Person

Osegun, Adewale

Subject - Corporate

Voices of the Ancestors (Musical group)

John E. Ford Elementary School (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs.

Duval County Folk Arts in Education.

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Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Voices of the Ancestors giving a drumming demonstration at the John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1992. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123913>, accessed 15 June 2026.

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Hansen, Gregory, Collector. Voices of the Ancestors giving a drumming demonstration at the John E. Ford Elementary School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1992. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/123913>

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(State Archives of Florida/Hansen)

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