Welcome to Rainbow Springs.
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972 Recording Engineer.
Lockett, Manning (Skipper), 1900-1968 Speaker.
sound recording
[White Springs, Florida] : [publisher not identified],
1956-05-04.
eng
"Welcome to Rainbow Springs" is an example of the traditional tour guide performances delivered by guides at Florida's natural springs, which were the first tourist attractions widely promoted in the state's long history as a tourist destination. The speech is part welcome message, part folk song, and part tall tale, and demonstrates how African Americans were integral to the early tourist trade in Florida. The performance style is evocative of the minstrel songs and theatricals of earlier years. Rainbow Springs boat captain Skipper Lockett gives his recitation while conducting a glass bottom boat tour. This piece was recorded on May 4, 1956 by Foster Barnes of the Stephen Foster Center at the 1956 Florida Folk Festival in White Springs.
Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
Original resource extent: Audio recording reel.
State Library and Archives of Florida.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
1956
African Americans Description and travel Folk songs Folklore Rainbow River Tour guides (Persons) Tourism
United States of America Rainbow Springs
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.4054