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

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Photo courtesy George Johnson.

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

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

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

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

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Silent footage of teenagers posing, dancing, and making music. 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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Scenes from Beech Creek, North Carolina, 1960s, from the collection of Jack Guy.

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Program for the 13th Annual Azalea Trail Square Dance Festival, March 1966, Mobile, Alabama. Program includes photos of local and visiting square dance callers, festival organizers, and multiple Mobile area square dance clubs, along with numerous…

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Arlie Watson, Arnold Watson, Ora Isaacs Watson, Paul Greer, Stanley Hicks, and Willard Watson perform at Jack Guy's store, 1970. Stanley Hicks and Willard Watson buck dance.Notes on original reel box: “This recording special for: Jack Guy / Recorded…

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