Blind Willie James | Blind Willie James | Still Image | African Americans Pianists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blind Willie James
- Date
- 1984-05-27
- Description
- One color slide. Portrait of James.
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Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | African Americans Folk festivals Women Folklore revival festivals Blues singers Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues singer Mary McClain posing for photographs at 1984 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1984-05-27
- Description
- Eight color slides. Known as Diamond Teeth Mary for the jewels she placed in her teeth in the 1940s, Mary was born in West Virginia, and always claimed to be the half sister of fellow blues singer Bessie Smith. In 1918, she moved to Florida's Gulf Coast. During her later years, she lived in Bradenton, Florida. Although McClain was a popular performer in the 1920s and 1930s, she stopped performing the blues for many years. She was rediscovered by the Florida Folklife Program in the 1980s. In 1986, she won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1986. She died on 4 April 2000.
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Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | African Americans Boats and boating Narratives Tall tales Storytelling Storytellers Oral performance Oral communication Rivers Springs Tourism Workplace Workers Labor Glass bottom boats Ecotourism Wildlife watching industry Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- Black and white 9.5 x 14 inch mounted photographic print. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist located just south of Tallahassee that offered boat tours and lodging. One of the features on the tours was Henry the Fish, a bass fish that would appear to jump over a pole when called. Hawk Jackson died in 2001.
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Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Junkanoos performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | African Americans Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Musical groups Entertainers Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_12_c84-008 | Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell | Sound | African Americans Life histories Interviews Oral histories Occupational groups Occupational folklore Glass bottom boats Boat drivers Boat driving Libraries Springs Tourists Tourism Boat driver Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Silver Springs boat drivers Willie Marsh and William Crowell
- Date
- 1984-03-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. C84-8: Side A Interview/talk with Willie Marsh and William Crowell as part of the Library Folklife Program; they discuss their childhood at Silver Springs as well as their work as guides at Silver Springs; driving boats at Silver Springs; tipping problems; stories told on boat tours (Bridal Chamber, Mammoth Rock Ledge, Main Spring, Catfish Reception Hall, Ladies' Parlor; Devil's Kitchen, Geysers; Florida Snowstorm, Blue Grotto, Backbone of Prehistoric Remains, Christmas Tree Grove, Boat used by Ponce De Leon, Catfish Hotel); commercialization damaging vegetation at Springs; visitor damage to the ecosystem of Springs. Side B They discuss glass-bottom boats; visitors who rode the glass-bottom boats; stories told; tipping gimmicks; experiences with snakes, boat breakdown, alligators. C84-9: Continuation of interview -- they discuss a row boat in the river; drowning of visitors on an excursion; traveling to New York to be on "What's My Line?"; seniority on the job; Tarzan; family members that worked at Silver Springs; music they learned from their parents; age and retirement; big boats on the river; drinking story and hunting story; different owners of Silver Springs; trip to Daytona Beach by horse and wagon.
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Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival | Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival | Still Image | African Americans Oral communication Writing Authors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Writers' panel at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival
- Date
- 1990-01-25
- Description
- One black and white proof sheet with forty-five images; thirty-five color slides. A panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston life and work. Panel included Alice Walker and Zora's relative Lucy Hurston. This was the festival's first year.
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East Indian grape arbor | East Indian grape arbor | Still Image | Agriculture Farm life Crops Farms Arbors Vertical gardening Grapes Viticulture Vineyards Farm workers Migrant workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
East Indian grape arbor
- Date
- Description
- Eight color slides. The Metro-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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Grist mill in Pinetta, Florida | Grist mill in Pinetta, Florida | Still Image | Architecture Buildings Gristmills Mills | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1680_02_tape05 | Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley | Sound | Artisans Carvers (Decorative artists) Fieldwork Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian American art Ukrainian Americans Decorative arts Pysanky Egg decoration Eggs Painting Interviews Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration Oral communication Family history | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with Pysanky egg decorator, Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley
- Date
- 1989-04-11
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Gurley talks about egg decoration; learning the craft from her mother; symbolism of the craft; and immigration from the Ukraine in 1947 to the US. For images of her eggs, see S 1680, box 1, folder 5.
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Pysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley | Pysanky eggs by Lubow (Lu) Dochwat Gurley | Still Image | Artisans Carvers (Decorative artists) Fieldwork Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian American art Ukrainian Americans Decorative arts Pysanky Egg decoration Eggs Painting | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |