A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Folk singers Guitarists Music performance Tributes Performing arts Musicians Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
A Will McLean Tribute at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1991-05-26
- Description
- Thirty-eight color slides. A musical tribute to folk singer Will McLean. Singer-songwriter Will McLean was often called the 'Father of Florida Folk.' The Black Hat Troubadour, a nickname given for the hat he usually wore, authored over 3500 songs, and was a national figure on the folk music scene. A fifth generation Floridian, he died in 1990 from cancer. Audio recordings of the tribute can be found in S 1576, reels T91-52 and T91-53. A video of the tribute can be found in S 1615, video FV-58.
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Arnold Graham-Smith performing English Pub Songs | Arnold Graham-Smith performing English Pub Songs | Still Image | English songs Songs, English Guitarists Guitar String instruments Singing Performers Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Margaret Davison | Basket maker Margaret Davison | Still Image | Material culture Craft Baskets Basket making Woven goods African Americans Women weavers Containers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Basket maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Still Image | Arts, Greek Greek Americans Priests Religion Religious rites Beliefs and cultures Death rites Catholics Folk festivals Special events | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Water for the Dead
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- 1989-06-24
- Description
- Twenty color slides. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Cane grinding at Dudley Farm complex | Cane grinding at Dudley Farm complex | Still Image | Farmers Farm buildings Farm life Farm workers Sugarcane Sugarcane grinding Agriculture Material culture Family farming Cash crops Sugar crops Architecture Food industry and trade Structures Cane syrup Food preparation | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at Dudley Farm complex
- Date
- 1989-11
- Description
- Ninety-seven color slides. Images of cane grinding at the Dudley Farms complex. Today a state park, Dudley Farms had been used as the Dudley family farm since the 1840s. Donated to the state in 1984 by Myrtle Dudley, the Bureau of Florida Folklife was contracted by the Florida Park Service to survey the sugarcane grinding complex at the farms. The final result, as a report of the findings,is available in S 1597.
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Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex | Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex | Still Image | Farmers Farm buildings Agriculture Architecture Structures Family farming Farm life Farm workers Farms Sugar crops Sugarcane grinding Sugarcane products Cane syrup Material culture Tools Agricultural implements | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex
- Date
- 1989-11
- Description
- Twelve proof sheets with 384 black and white images. Images of cane grinding at the Dudley Farms complex. Today a state park, Dudley Farms had been used as the Dudley family farm since the 1840s. Donated to the state in 1984 by Myrtle Dudley, the Bureau of Florida Folklife was contracted by the Florida Park Service to survey the sugarcane grinding complex at the farm. The final result was a report of the Bureau's findings, available in S 1597. Logs are included with the proof sheets.
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Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Arts, Cuban Cuban Americans Body movement Latinos Dance Performing arts Comparsa tradition Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1991-05-26
- Description
- Eleven color slides. The dance troupe (comparsas) was founded by Emelia Fernandez in Key West. Danny Acosta led the band that accompanied the dances. The Cuban dance has African roots, and is usually performed in long conga lines. Dancers dress in elaborate, ruffled outfits. The tradition began in Key West in 1938. Emelia herself arrived in Florida in 1959. She and her daughter Irene revived the dance tradition in the early 1990s.
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Election night tombstones | Election night tombstones | Still Image | Elections Politics and culture Voting Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Election night tombstones
- Date
- 1990-10
- Description
- Seven color slides. Images of "gravestones" placed in front a White Springs restaurant for the losing candidate in a local election.
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Fieldwork for the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Fieldwork for the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Storytellers Basket maker Guitarist Singers Metal-workers Fieldwork Metal castings Die castings Metalwork Singing Basket making African Americans Storytelling Welding Welded sculpture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fieldwork for the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1991-03
- Description
- Four proof sheets with 144 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of various folk artists: metal cast maker Ramouter (18 images); Enlgisg balladeer graham-Smith (18 images); basket maker Garrison (36 images); Ghana storyteller Owazu (18 images); and a welded structure (26 images).
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Florida Heritage Award winner Myrtle Dudley | Florida Heritage Award winner Myrtle Dudley | Still Image | Awards Storytellers Local history Folklore Mason | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |