Gandy dancers at the Florida Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida

Local call number: FA1510631..Title: Gandy dancers at the Florida Folk Festival: White Springs, Florida..Date: May 25, 1993..General note: Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. These songs were often called "lining" songs. Their exhibit, complete with railroad tracks, was sponsored by CSX Transportation. The dancers were C. Wright, John Mealing, Charlie Vinson, Allen Jones, and Elder Brown...Photographer: Robert L. Stone ( http://floridamemory.com/solr-search/results/?q=collection:"Florida Photographic Collection" AND photographer:"Stone, Robert L."&searchbox=1&query=Stone, Robert L.&year=&gallery=0&search-type= ) ..Physical descrip: 1 slide - col...Series Title: Folklife Collection ( http://floridamemory.com/photographiccollection/collections/?id=14 ) ..Repository: State Library and Archives of Florida ( http://www.floridamemory.com/ ) , 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250 USA. Contact: 850.245.6700. [email protected] ..: 106868 ( http://106868 )