Bob Graham’s
Workdays
In 1977, state legislator and relatively unknown gubernatorial candidate,
Bob Graham, created campaign publicity by undertaking a series of
100 "workdays." Graham announced he would experience the lives
of ordinary Floridians firsthand by working their jobs. Read
more.
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Governor Bob Graham talking with a City of Tallahassee garbage
collector: Tallahassee, Florida (1979)
Florida Governor Bob Graham on his first full day as Florida's
Governor walked to work. Graham paused during a brisk walk,
with temperatures in the 20's, and talks with a City of Tallahassee
garbage collector two blocks from the capitol. Graham worked
one of his famous "work days" as a garbage collector,
chatted with the collector and sympathized with his job duties
on such a cold morning.
Photographed on January 3, 1979.
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham sodding grass for the Hammet Company Incorporated
(1979)
Florida Governor Bob Graham continuing his work day practice
begun as a candidate. Saturday morning at 7:30 the governor
began his day alongside Willie Lee Rasberry, left, and Samuel
DeLoach on the right sodding grass for the Hammet Company
Incorporated, a contractor that is widening Thomasville road
in Tallahassee. The governor and his fellow workers spent
the day working in a steady light rain. This is Graham's 105th
'work day', his first since becoming governor. Photographed
on January 27, 1979.
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham working as a waiter serves dinner (1979)
Florida Governor Bob Graham works as a waiter and serves
dinner to Howard Friedman and his wife Mary. Graham pressed
himself into service prior to the annual Capitol Press Club
Skits.
Photographed on March 22, 1979.
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Governor Bob Graham wearing a New York Yankees uniform: Tallahassee,
Florida (1980)
New York Yankee ace pitcher, Ron Guidry, left, and Florida
Governor Bob Graham converse about the finer arts of pitching.
The Yankees were in town for a baseball game with the Florida
State University Seminoles. The game was called because of
rain after only one inning with the score 9 to 0 in favor
of the Yankees.
Photographed on March 28, 1980.
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Governor
Bob Graham during workday as a pilot for the Air National
Guard: Jacksonville, Florida (1982)
Photographed on February 12, 1982.
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Governor
Bob Graham during workday with Orange County Sheriff's Office:
Orlando, Florida (1982)
Governor Graham is shown firing gun during one of his "workdays"
as a member of the SWAT team.
Photographed on July 19, 1982.
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Governor
Bob Graham working as downskeeper during the FSU-UF football
game: Tallahassee, Florida (1978)
Photographed on December 4, 1982.
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Governor
Bob Graham working as a grip on the set of Burt Reynolds'
film "Stick": Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1983)
Governor Graham, left, is shown during one of his "workdays"
with Burt Reynolds. "Stick" was directed by and
starred FSU-graduate Burt Reynolds, along with Candice Burgen
and George Segal and was based upon a novel by sometime resident,
Elmore Leonard. Released by Universal Studios, it was partly
filmed in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. On a movie set a grip
is someone who sets up and adjusts the equipment, such as
lighting, cameras, and set structures. Photographed on November
22, 1983.
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham flying a live fire mission as gunner with
a crew (1983)
Florida Governor Bob Graham, as part of "work day,"
flew a live fire mission as gunner with crew of a AC-130 gunship
from the Grenada invasion.
Photographed on December 10, 1983.
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham manning the helm of an aircraft carrier
(1984)
Florida Governor Bob Graham and Boatswain's Mate Second
Class (BM2) James Phillips man the helm of Lexington on August
20, 1984, during governor's "work day."
Photographed on August 20, 1984.
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham cutting away a tree limb left behind from
hurricane Kate: Tallahassee, Florida (1985)
Photographed on November 24, 1985.
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Governor
Bob Graham in cockpit ready for F106 flight with Florida Air
National Guard: Saint Augustine, Florida (no date)
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Florida
Governor Bob Graham tieing steel cables around timber: Tallahassee,
Florida (not after 1987)
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