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"Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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F2018412B

Photographer

Mansfield, William, Collector.

Date

1995

Date Note

Photographed on May 27, 1995.

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Folklife Collection.
Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1995 ; Box 20, FF 18

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

The instrument Cooke is playing is a quite uncommon hybrid instrument called a "banjo uke". It is part banjo and part ukulele.

"Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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"Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

Subject

Festivals, Events and Conferences

Musical traditions, African diaspora

Ethnicity, African American

Folklore revival festivals--Florida--White Springs

Arts (Performing)--Florida--White Springs

Folk music

Performing arts--Florida--White Springs

Musical instruments

Plucked instruments

Banjo ukulele

Instrumentalists

Banjoists

Music--Performance

African American musicians

African American men--Florida--White Springs

Folk festivals--Florida--White Springs

Festivals--Florida--White Springs

Folk musicians

Creator

Mansfield, William, Collector.

Date

1995

Identifier

F2018412B

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Date Note

Photographed on May 27, 1995.

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White Springs (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife Collection.

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Florida Folk Festival 1995 ; Box 20, FF 18

General Note

The instrument Cooke is playing is a quite uncommon hybrid instrument called a "banjo uke". It is part banjo and part ukulele.

Subject - Person

Cooke, Bill ( William E.), 1905-2003 -- Performances

Subject - Meeting

Florida Folk Festival (43rd : 1995)

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Chicago Manual of Style

Mansfield, William, Collector. "Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1995. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/256217>, accessed 28 December 2024.

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Mansfield, William, Collector. "Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida. 1995. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/256217>

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(State Archives of Florida/Mansfield)

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"Washboard Bill" Cooke playing a "banjo uke" at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida.

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