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Scenes from Beech Creek, North Carolina, 1960s, from the collection of Jack Guy.

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Scenes from Beech Creek, North Carolina, and from an outdoor event, likely the Daniel Boone Wagon Train, an annual pioneer-themed gathering that took place from 1963 to 1973 in North Carolina's Wilkes and Watauga Counties.0:00 - 7:15 -- Scenes of Tab…

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Silent footage of teenagers posing, dancing, and making music. From the collection of Jack Guy.

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Photo of Big Jim Folsom at an Asheville, North Carolina, square dance attended by southern governors in 1947.

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Victory celebration for Alabama Supreme Court Justice Oscar Adams, Birmingham, 1988. Original press caption: “Oscar Adams dances with wife Anne-Marie to ‘Happy Days Are Here Again.’” Taking a solo behind the couple is Adams’s brother, saxophonist…

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Promotional brochure for Dixie Records artist Bob Jones of Atalla, Alabama, circa 1964. Courtesy John Horton.

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Buna Hicks fiddling and Hattie Hicks Presnell dancing. Possibly at courthouse fiddler's convention in Boone.

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Dance program for Alabama College's Senior Ball, 1936. Along with a printed list of student leaders and chaperones, this program includes a completed dance card, identifying the evening's dance partners for student Roberta Taylor.

A four-year…

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Unidentified dancers at Jack Guy's store.

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Unidentified dancers at Jack Guy's store.

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Unidentified dancers at Jack Guy's store.

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Unidentified dancers at Jack Guy's store.

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Silent footage from an outdoor event, likely the Daniel Boone Wagon Train, an annual pioneer-themed gathering that took place from 1963 to 1973 in North Carolina's Wilkes and Watauga Counties. Additional footage features Jack Guy and various Beech…

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Governor George Wallace and his wife, gubernatorial candidate Lurleen Wallace, lead square dancers, April 11, 1966.

Because Alabama law barred consecutive terms by a single governor, in 1966 Lurleen Wallace ran for the office, transparently…

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Hattie Hicks Presnell and unidentified woman dancing, Jack Guy's store, January 1967

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A second film of Beech Creek scenes includes silent footage of Tab Ward, Jack Guy, and others making music, walking, posing, dancing, and demonstrating Guy's handcrafted toys. Additional footage includes shots of the landscape, houses and buildings…

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Photo courtesy George Johnson.

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Women dancing while Buna Hicks fiddles, c. April 1965.

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