| Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation | Still Image | Needleworkers
Fieldwork
Material culture
Ethnicity, Seminole
Seminole Indians
Mikasuki Indians
Native Americans
Patchwork
Decorative arts
Textile arts
Indian reservations
Sewing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annie Bert making baskets at Miccosukee Indian Reservation
- Date
- 1987-09
- Description
- Seven color slides. Images are dark. Bert was born approximately in 1925. She spoke little English. She made coiled sweetgrass baskets. Used newer grass, using cotton thread. She made basket bottoms out of palmetto fiber. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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| Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cosmetics
Blackface entertainers
Minstrel shows
Theatrical makeup
Theater
Comedy
Entertainment
Performing arts
Vaudeville
Actors
Entertainers
Performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bufo theater performing Juan (Bolito) Landa applying blackface
- Date
- 1985-07-28
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Juan (Bolito) Landa was an actor at Miami's Pro Teatro Cubano, which presents bufo theater productions (Cuban vaudeville/satirical comedies). Bufo theater was often performed in Havana before Fidel Castro came to power. The character Landa played was El Negrito, a trickster figure who worked for Gallego, a Spanish businessman. For more of Landa and Pro Teatro Cubano, see S1577, v. 43, S87-1027 - S87-1043. For an interview with Landa, see S 1576, reel T85-141. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company | Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company | Still Image | Fieldwork
Tobacco
Workers
Workplace
Cigar industry
Cigar making
Cigars
Labor
Latinos
Cigar makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cigar rollers at El Credito Cigar Company
- Date
- 1985-07-16
- Description
- Five color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Columbia Festival | Columbia Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wood carving
Figurines
Material culture
Decorative arts
Decoration and ornament
Art
Festivals
Special events
Latinos
Painting
Wood carvers
Artisans
Painters | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Columbia Festival
- Date
- 1985-07-20
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Images of the Columbia Festival in Miami. Includes eight slides of Orta's wood carvings and three slides of Bustos' paintings. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cooks from the Valdes-Fauli Party Service at work | Cooks from the Valdes-Fauli Party Service at work | Still Image | Fieldwork
Latinos
Cuban Americans
Cooking and dining
Desserts
Cake
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cooks from the Valdes-Fauli Party Service at work
- Date
- 1985-07-30
- Description
- Six color slides. Images of Rodrigues and Grass cooking. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cuban decorative iron work | Cuban decorative iron work | Still Image | Fieldwork
Metal craft
Decorative arts
Ironwork
Material culture
Welders (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cuban decorative iron work
- Date
- 1985-07-30
- Description
- Five color slides. Examples of decorative iron work. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cuban floor tile making | Cuban floor tile making | Still Image | Fieldwork
Latinos
Cuban Americans
Tiles
Material culture
Flooring, tile
Workers
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cuban floor tile making
- Date
- 1985-07-30
- Description
- Three color slides. Workers making Cuban floor tiles. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cuban men playing dominoes | Cuban men playing dominoes | Still Image | Fieldwork
Games
Elderly, the
Dominoes
Community culture
Contests
Cuban Americans
Latinos | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cuban men playing dominoes
- Date
- 1985-07-22
- Description
- Eleven color slides. The games took place at Domino Park on Calle Ocho (8th Street) in Miami. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Cuban workers making cement floor tiles | Cuban workers making cement floor tiles | Still Image | Fieldwork
Labor
Flooring, tile
Tiles
Workplace
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Occupational groups
Factories
Workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cuban workers making cement floor tiles
- Date
- 1985-07-23
- Description
- Eleven color slides. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Curras Brothers and their ceramics | Curras Brothers and their ceramics | Still Image | Fieldwork
Ceramics
Material culture
Pots
Craft
Cuban Americans
Potters
Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Curras Brothers and their ceramics
- Date
- 1985-08-04
- Description
- Three color slides. The Curras were twins from Cuba who primarily made tinajones (water jugs). They came to the US in 1981 and learned ceramic making (potting) in Calabasar, near Havana. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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