1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | 1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | Still Image | African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Demonstrations Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Restaurants Cabinetwork Carpentry Woodwork Quilting Quilts Textile arts Chair caning Quiltmakers Carpenters Cabinetmakers Furniture maker Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
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- 1978-05
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- Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
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Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams | Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams | Still Image | Material culture Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Domestic arts Woodwork Apprentices Women apprentices Fieldwork (educational method) Craft African Americans Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams
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- 1988-03
- Description
- Seven black and white negatives. Rufus Adams and apprentice(stepdaughter) Annie Sellers making corn shuck bottomed chairs. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Chair bottoming demostration at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Artisans Chair-makers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Craft Chair caning Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chair maker Rufus Adams | Chair maker Rufus Adams | Still Image | African Americans Chairs Furniture Cornhusk craft Material culture Household items Craft Woodwork Chair caning Furniture maker Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival | Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Furniture maker Demonstrations Furniture Chairs Cornhusk craft African Americans Craft Material culture Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Chair caning Furniture making Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chairmaker Rufus Adams at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1977-05
- Description
- One black and white print. Image of Rufus Adams, of Mayo, demonstrating how to make cornhusk bottom chairs at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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Demonstrations at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival | Demonstrations at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Craft Demonstrations Domestic arts Decorative arts African Americans Cornhusk craft Furniture Religious art Marriage contracts Jews United States Guitar Quilts Seminole Indians Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demonstrations at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival
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- "One black and white print, and 16 color prints, with negatives. Various demonstrations at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival. P79-772 Bertha Sconion (Miami) with cornshuck brooms P79-773, P79-774 Rufus Adams (Mayo) making cornshuck bottom chairs P79-775, P79-776 Nancy Greenberg (Miami) with her Yiddish Katabut (Jewish marriage contracts) P79-777, P79-778 Pedro Gomez (Miami)rolling cigars P79-779 Iva Campbell (Miami) and her pine needle crafts P79-780 Rhyne Moldes rolling cigar P79-781 Tina and Juanita Osceola (Naples) doing beadwork P79-782 Azzie Johnson, Bertha Sconions and Phyllis Eisman with grass weaving crafts P79-783 Azzie Johnson with grass doll P79-784 Quilt made by Ruth Sheppard (Gainesville) P79-785 Lucreaty Clark (Jefferson County) P79-786 O.B. Osceola (Naples) P79-787 Guitar made by Paris Banchetti (Miami) May 1979"
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Florida Folklife demonstrations at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival | Florida Folklife demonstrations at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Demonstrations Festivals Folklore revival festivals African Americans Basket making Furniture Whip making Baskets Native Americans Seminole Indians Folklorists Cuban Americans Dollmaking Basket maker Furniture maker Dollmakers Whip maker Musicians Jewelers Cigar makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Florida Folklife demonstrations at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1978-05
- Description
- Thirty-two black and white prints, plus negatives. Images of the Florida Folklife Area at the 1978 Florida Folklife Festival. Includes rattlesnake jewelry-maker Maggie Melton, whip cracker Claude Sheppard, basket maker Lucreaty Clark, chair maker Rufus Adams, the Osceola family, quilter Queenie Udell, cigar roller Domingo Rojas, and doll maker Bertha Burnham. Also includes images of folklorists Peggy Bulger and Merri Belland (P78-395, 396).
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Images of the craft demonstration area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the craft demonstration area at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Chair-makers Craft Demonstrations Spinning wheels Spinning Quilting Quilts Woodwork Woodworking tools Dollmaking Palm frond weaving Palmetto weaving Pine needle crafts Baskets | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs | Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs | Still Image | Material culture Chairs Cornhusk craft Furniture Porches Houses Household items Domestic arts Chair caning Chair-makers Furniture makers Furniture maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams and his corn shuck bottom chairs
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- 1978-05
- Description
- Sixteen black and white images. Rufus Adams, with his wife, on his porch with chair he made. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.' See also S 1577, box 11, folder 10.
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Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair | Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair | Still Image | Furniture maker African Americans Chair caning Chairs Furniture Apprentices Material culture Furniture making Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Rufus Adams apprentice Annie Sellers with a corn shuck bottom chair
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- 1988
- Description
- Three black and white prints, and one color print. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.' Sellers was his stepdaughter. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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