1954 “Jeanie Ball” Queen, Barbara Foster, being crowned at the Stephen Foster State Memorial Center – White Springs, Florida USA. January 1954 image. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/717951956 Jeanie Ball contest winner Ann Bower being crowned by Stephen Foster’s grandaughter Mrs. Evelyn Foster Morneweck – White Springs, Florida USA. April 1956 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/735731959 Jeanie Ball contest winner Veronica McCormick standing in front of museum for portrait at the Stephen Foster Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. February 1959 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/760361960 Jeanie Ball “Queen” Joyce Marie Garland singing at the Stephen Foster Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. February 1960 image. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/77116A couple of Jeanie Ball contest participants posing for a portrait at the Stephen Foster State Memorial – White Springs, Florida USA. September 1970 image. Murphy, photographer. Karl E. Holland, photographer. Department of Commerce Collection, Florida Memory the State Library and Archives of Florida. https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/85936
The Jeanie Ball commemorated Stephen Foster’s song “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”, leaving out the fact that Stephen Foster died a drunk in the back hall of a New York City flophouse in 1864. But his songs are wonderful.
