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Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm.

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Image Number

FP77111C

Photographer

Bulger, Peggy A.

Date

1969 (circa)

Rights

Collection

Folklife Collection.
Series 1577, Box 16, FF15

Geographic Term

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

Subject Term

Personal Subjects

Stephens, Rosa, 1899-1980.
Stephens, Zeke, 1895-1984.

Additional Creator

Walker.

Additional Creator

Walker.

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 7 in.

General Note

Accompanying note: "Taken by Walker of Jacksonville, Fla. on the old stage at the Fla. Folk Festival - about 1969".

Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm.

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Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm.

Subject

Folklore revival festivals

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Community rites--Florida--White Springs

Practices

Arts (Performing)--Florida--White Springs

Recreation--Florida--White Springs

Manners and customs

Festivals--Florida--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--White Springs

Performing arts--Florida--White Springs

Music--Performance

Married people--Florida--White Springs

Entertainers--Florida--White Springs

Folk musicians--Florida--White Springs

Instrumentalists

Stringed instrument players

Violinists

Fiddlers

Musicians--Florida--White Springs

Creator

Bulger, Peggy A.

Date

1969 (circa)

Contributor

Walker.

Identifier

FP77111C

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Hamilton County (Fla.)

White Springs (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 5 x 7 in.

Series Title

Folklife Collection.

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Box 16, FF15

General Note

Accompanying note: "Taken by Walker of Jacksonville, Fla. on the old stage at the Fla. Folk Festival - about 1969".

Subject - Person

Stephens, Zeke, 1895-1984.

Stephens, Rosa, 1899-1980.

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Bulger, Peggy A. Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm. 1969 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/242137>, accessed 12 June 2026.

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Bulger, Peggy A. Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm. 1969 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/242137>

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(State Archives of Florida/Bulger)

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Fiddler Zeke Stephens performing at the Florida Folk Festival while his wife Rosa beats the strings to carry the rhythm.

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