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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Date: 1991-10-26
Description: Ten color slides. Images taken during the Mayport Seafood Festival. 1: Welding shop; 2: Matt Rolland's dock; 3-5: Shrimp boats; 6-8: Black church choir; 9-10: Festival crowds.
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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Date: 1992-10-25
Description: One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives). The Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert series were held between September and February each year from 1991 through 1993 in the amphitheater at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center (Stephen Foster Center). Each concert showcased a different mucial style: gospel, bluegrass, Florida folk, and Irish music among others. The series was arranged and promoted by the Florida Folklife Program.
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Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1991-05-25
Description: 228 color slides. Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival, including various folk singers (Grooms, Rogers, the Thomases), the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and participants in the Apprenticeship program. Many of these images have been described in more detail elsewhere in this database. More images from the 1991 Florida Folk Festival can be found in volume 61.
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Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of wagon horses

Date: 1993-09-29
Description: Twelve color slides; one proof sheet with eight images. Images of Percheron horses pulling wagons, and the equipment involved. The horses (Percheron horses imported from France, and used primarily by Ohio Amish) were trained and owned by Duvall. Images created as fieldwork for the 1993 Rural Folklfie Days, in which Duvall participated as a demonstrator.
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Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Date: 1993-09-29
Description: One audio cassette. Duvall, who owned Percheron horse (improted from France), was trained by Amish farmers in Ohio (who also use Percheron horses) on traditional horse training and farmwork techniques. In the interview, Duvall discusses the horses (traits, uses of, and qualities), harnessing techniques, training, driving, and wagons. The interview was created as fieldwork for the 1993 Rural Folklfie Days, in which Duvall participated as a demonstrator.
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Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Date: 1993-02-28
Description: One proof sheet with twenty-nine black and white images (plus negatives.) Merriweather was from Micanopy; Wind from tampa, and South Moon Under from Bunnell.
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Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Making model boats

Date: 1993-01-14
Description: Slides color slides.
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Making model boats

Date: 1993-01-14
Description: Eighteen color slides.
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Making model boats

Model boats in Key West

Date: 1993-02-17
Description: Four color slides. Boats on display at the local public library.
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Model boats in Key West

Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1993-05-25
Description: Thirty color slides. Gandy dancers were railroad workers who used call-and-response work songs to keep workers moving fast in laying track. Often called lining songs.
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Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival

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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival	Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival	Still Image	Festivals Special events Seafood Maritime folklore Maritime life Choirs (music) Workshops Boats and boating Shrimpers (persons)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert	Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert	Still Image	Guitarist Musicians Performing arts Gospel musicians Music performance Concerts Community concerts Guitarists Guitar Singing Gospel (Black) Choir singing Choirs (music) Performers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Guitarist Harpists Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Music performance Singing Guitarists Guitar Performing arts Craft Demonstrations African Americans Folk singers Storytellers Apprentices Dancers Fiddlers Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of wagon horses	Images of wagon horses	Still Image	Horse trainers Horse owners Fieldwork Horses Horses Equipment and supplies Wagons Transportation Animals Draft animals Working animals Bridles Percheron horse	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1656_02_tape06	Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall	Sound	Horse trainers Horse owners Fieldwork Horses Horses Equipment and supplies Wagons Transportation Animals Draft animals Working animals Bridles Percheron horse	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts	Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts	Still Image	Musicians Performing arts Arts, Irish Music performance Concerts Community concerts Guitarists Guitar Singing Performers Irish Americans Musicians, Celtic Bands (Music) Musical groups Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Making model boats	Making model boats	Still Image	Model builders Boatbuilders Fieldwork Workshops Woodworking tools Boats Models and modelmaking Miniature craft Miniatures Woodwork Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Making model boats	Making model boats	Still Image	Model builders Boatbuilders Fieldwork Workshops Woodworking tools Boats Models and modelmaking Miniature craft Miniatures Woodwork Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Model boats in Key West	Model boats in Key West	Still Image	Model builders Boatbuilders Fieldwork Libraries Exhibits Boats Models and modelmaking Miniature craft Miniatures Woodwork Material culture	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival	Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Fieldwork Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Demonstrations Railroads Transportation Occupational folklore Railroad work Railroads employees	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of wagon horses

Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Making model boats

Making model boats

Making model boats

Making model boats

Model boats in Key West

Model boats in Key West

Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival

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Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Folklife at the Mayport Seafood Festival

Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Gospel music at the 1992 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concert

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of wagon horses

Images of wagon horses

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Interview with horse trainer Patricia Duvall

Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Irish music at the 1993 Sunday Folk Music in the Park concerts

Making model boats

Making model boats

Making model boats

Making model boats

Model boats in Key West

Model boats in Key West

Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Preparing railroad tracks for Gandy Dancers at 1993 Florida Folk Festival