a_s1576_t81-027 | Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair | Sound | Festivals Fairs Demonstrations Craft Folklife Boat drivers Occupational folklore African Americans Public speaking Polka music Oral narratives Polka Performing arts Music performance Boat driver Folklorists Bands (Music) Musical groups Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Big Bend Folklife demonstrations at the 1981 Florida State Fair
- Date
- 1981-02-13
- Description
- Seven reel to reels. Recordings of the folklife demonstration booths at the Florida State Fair. Informants at the Big Bend Folklife Area include Wakulla Springs boat drivers (Jackson/Gavin) and the Polka Sweethearts.
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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
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- 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 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
- Date
- 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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Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival | Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Demonstrations African Americans Needlework Textile arts Woven goods Material culture Boat driver Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1982-05
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images, plus negatives. Demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival, culled from fieldwork performed by the Big Bend Folklife Survey. 1-6: Wakulla Springs boat drivers Hawk Jackson and Wilbert Gavin; 7-11: Feather baster; 12:-20: Czechoslovakian needlework by Isabel Skrceny; 21-36: Various festival images.
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Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival | Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Fishing lures Needlework Fishing tackle Baitworms Textile arts Demonstrations Woven goods African Americans Boat driving Oral histories Oral narratives Artisans Boat driver Needleworkers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demonstrations of Big Bend Folklife at the Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1982-05
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images, plus negatives. Demonstrations at the Florida Folk Festival, culled from fieldwork performed by the Big Bend Folklife Survey. 1-4: Woody Woodward 5, 11: Boatdriver Wilbert Gavin of Wakulla Springs; 6, 12-13: Pysanka eggs; 7-9; 14-24: Isabel Skrceny and her Czechoslovakian needlework; 25-26, 32-36: Eric Youvanski; 29-31: Visitors at the Woody Woodward booth; 28: Czechoslovakian needlework.
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a_s1576_t81-035 | Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Oral performance Tours Boat drivers Yodeling Old time music Storytelling Fiddle music Reels Jigs Dance music Arts, Irish Songs, Irish Autoharp music Zither music Singers Musicians Boat driver Storytellers Fiddlers Bands (Music) Musical groups Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1981-05-22
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Smith and Gavin were boat drivers at Wakulla Springs. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7. The Makley Family were from Jacksonville. Older was a fiddler from Lake Hamilton. Wind That Shakes the Barley band were from Tampa. Schuman, of Gainesville, played the autoharp (chorded zither).
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a_s1576_t81-037 | Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Musical groups Arts, Irish Songs, Irish Hornpipes Dance music Fiddle music Banjo music Old time music Blues (Music) Blues singers Diddly bow Clogging Clog dancing Musicians Singers Bands (Music) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t81-004 | Glass bottom boat tour by Wilbert Gavin at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat operators Field recordings Boating Ecotourism Tourism workers Springs Interviews Occupational folklore Excursion boats Tour guides | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour by Wilbert Gavin at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Gavin. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, Henry the pole vaulting fish, and other natural features. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were 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.) Images of some of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
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Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Still Image | Boat driver Woodworkers Whip maker Basket maker Ecotourism Tourism Folk dance Clothing and dress Whips Whip making Fishing lures Dogs Vietnamese Basket making Boat driving Dancers Hunters Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- Ten 8x12 color images. Duplicates of earlier fieldwork photographs, these prints were created for the Library Folklife Program, Pursuits and Pastimes. Includes Wilbert Gavin and Hawk Jackson driving tour boats at Wakulla Springs, Joe Klotz driving a boat at Silver Springs, a woman in a quince dress, Edenfield with his hunting dogs, Jones making fishing lures, Phem making a rice basket, Sheppard making a whip, Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, and a worker making a citrus ladder. A traveling exhibit concerning the occupational groups in Florida relating to tourism and recreation. The exhibit used text and images from the Folklife Program's fieldwork files. There was also a booklet that accompanied the exhibit (found in S 1606, box 2, folder 5). More images of the exhibit can be found in S 1606, box 2, folder 1, and box 1, folder 9.
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a_s1576_t81-048 | Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 9) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Folk singers Guitar music Boat drivers African Americans Ecotourism Oral performance Tours Vietnamese Americans Arts, Vietnamese Women dancers Dance International dances Folk dancing Singers Musicians Dancers Guitarist Boat driver Orators Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 9)
- Date
- 1981-05-23
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Jackson and Gavin were boat drivers at Wakulla Springs. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Singer-songwriter-guitarist McLean played & sang while Lais interpreted his songs through dance.
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