a_s1576_t84-002 | Recording of Walter Richardson and Company rehearsing | Sound | Singers Music performance Performing arts African Americans Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Singing Music rehearsals Religious songs Religious music Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Barbers in White Springs | Barbers in White Springs | Still Image | Barbering African Americans Occupational groups Workplace Haircutting Barbers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Barbers in White Springs
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- One contact sheet with 36 images, plus negatives. A few of the images are very dark. March 1991.
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Bateau boat built by Mitch Free | Bateau boat built by Mitch Free | Still Image | Boats Johnboats Transportation Boatbuilding Material culture Carpentry Woodwork Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair | Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair | Still Image | Festivals Fairs Demonstrations Craft Folklife Boat drivers Occupational folklore African Americans Teaching of folklore Egg decoration Eggs Polka Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing lures Wood carving Music performance Wood carvers Musical groups Artisans Boat driver Bands (Music) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair
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- 1981-08-31
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- Seventy-seven color slides. Folklife demonstration booths at the Florida State Fair. Culled from informants at the Big Bend Folklife Area, demonstrations include pysanky egg decoration, Wakulla Springs boat drivers (Jackson), wood carving (fishing lures by Woodward and Jones), and polka music by the Polka Sweethearts.
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Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award | Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award | Still Image | Folklife Bluegrass musicians Old time music Restaurants Public officials Special events Awards Historian Restaurateurs Authors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award
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- 1990-03-17
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- One proof sheet with seven black and white images, plus negatives. Images of Carl Allen receiving the Folk Heritage Award, presented by the Florida Folklife Program. Born 13 February 1918, Allen was awarded for his efforts to preserve "Cracker" culture through his restaurant and his newspaper columns. He also promoted bluegrass music throughout Florida with his restaurant, Allen's Historical Cafe, which featured live bluegrass music. 1-4: Rep. Fred Lewis, Carl Allen, and K. Monahan; 5: Rep. Fred Jones, Carl Allen, and Troy Green; 6-7: Carl Allen.
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Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Fishes Boat drivers Boat driving Rivers Waterways Transportation Oral performance Nature Fauna Flora Birds Trees Amusement parks Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs
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- 1980-10
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- Eighty-one color slides. Images of Wakulla Springs boat drivers. Glass bottom boat tour over the deep springs had been going on since the late 1800s. Many of these drivers are descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Drivers pictured: George Bower(640-657, 813-814); Jackson (765-781); Moretz (784-785); and Gavin (790-793). Henry the fish pictured in 759-763, 781. Also includes are images of the river, alligators, fish, cypress trees, and plant life.
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Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Still Image | Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Springs Boat drivers Boat driving Rivers Waterways Transportation Oral performance Nature Fauna Flora Birds Trees Amusement parks Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Homosassa Springs
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- 1980-10
- Description
- Forty-two color slides. Images of Homosassa Springs boat tours and drivers. Homosassa Springs has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s. The incarnation of the attraction seen in these images dates from the 1960s. (The area is now a Florida state park.) Images are of the boat drivers ( Richard Strube, Cecil Johnson and Raymond Thompson) and the facilties, springs, fish, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1576, box 5.
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Boat tours at Silver Springs | Boat tours at Silver Springs | Still Image | Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Springs Boat drivers Boat driving Rivers Waterways Transportation Oral performance Nature Fauna Flora Birds Trees Amusement parks Wildlife watching industry Occupational groups Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Silver Springs
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- 1980-10
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- Sixty-five color slides. Images are of Silver Springs boat tours and boat drivers. The springs are one of the oldest roadside attractions in Florida. Developed formally in the 1920s, boat tours have been given since the mid-1800s by local residents. Images include the boat drivers: David Faison (821-826, 850-858); Utz (827-847), Klotz (848-849, 859-867); and Jokler (868-875); as well as the boats, springs, park facilities, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1577.
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Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork Boats Boats and boating Boat drivers Boat driving Glass bottom boats Fishes Rivers Springs Transportation Docks Waterways Tour guides (Persons) Ecotourism Tourism Tourists Hotels Alligators Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Wakulla Springs
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- 1980-10
- Description
- Seventy-seven color slides. Images of boat tours at Wakulla Springs, a tourist attraction dating back to the 1930s. Many of the tours and features (such as the pole vaulting fish, a bass fish which rubs its gills on a wooden pole in the spring) date back to the 1800s. Images include the river, fauna and flora, the springs, the boat drivers and their boats, and the attraction's 1938 lodge. (Today the area is a state park.) Most of these images are duplicated in S 1577, v. 7, S81-741 - S81-820.
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Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourism Tourists Ecotourism Oral performance Boats Transportation Parks Rivers Waterways Storytellers Storytelling Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs
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- One black and white print. George Bower, of Macon, Georgia, giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction located a few miles south of Tallahassee. Opened in the 1930s, the site became a state park in 1986.
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