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Sophia Moskaluk demonstrating Ukrainian egg decorating - White Springs, Florida

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FA5993

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1627, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archive Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs administrative files, 1950-1989, Suwannee River Jamboree-What is Folk Art? Article interview with Bess Lomax Hawes, Ukrainian Egg Decorating 1985: ; Box 5

Geographic Term

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

Personal Subjects

Moskaluk, Sophia

Corporate Subject

Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center.
Florida Folklife Program.

Physical Description

1 slide - col - 35 mm.

General Note

The art of Ukrainian egg painting is known as pysanka or pysanky.

Sophia Moskaluk demonstrating Ukrainian egg decorating - White Springs, Florida

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Title

Sophia Moskaluk demonstrating Ukrainian egg decorating - White Springs, Florida

Subject

Nature craft

Ethnicity, European

Ethnicity, Ukrainian

Craft

Pysanka (Egg decorating)

Egg painting

Handicraft

Decorative arts

Eggshell craft

Decoration and ornament

Easter eggs

Egg decoration

Ethnic arts

Arts, Ukrainian

Pysanky

Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Women--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Ukrainian Americans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs

Folk art

Date

1985

Identifier

FA5993

Image URL

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Geographic Term

White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1627, Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs Florida Folklife Archive Bureau of Florida Folklife Programs administrative files, 1950-1989, Suwannee River Jamboree-What is Folk Art? Article interview with Bess Lomax Hawes, Ukrainian Egg Decorating 1985: ; Box 5

Shelf Number

Shelf number: SNS1627B5.

General Note

The art of Ukrainian egg painting is known as pysanka or pysanky.

Subject - Person

Moskaluk, Sophia

Subject - Corporate

Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center.

Florida Folklife Program.

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Chicago Manual of Style

Sophia Moskaluk demonstrating Ukrainian egg decorating - White Springs, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111770>, accessed 25 August 2025.

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Sophia Moskaluk demonstrating Ukrainian egg decorating - White Springs, Florida. 1985. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/111770>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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