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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Hall, Ward"
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Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
Date
1981
Description
One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
Collection
Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)
Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists
Date
1985
Description
One audio cassette (Duplicate located in S 1576, box 37, tape 21.) Part one of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with medicine shows.
Collection
Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists
Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA
Date
1985
Description
One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 22 & 23.) Part two of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with circuses and other traveling shows.
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Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA
Interview with circus worker Ward Hall

Interview with circus worker Ward Hall
Date
1982-01-07
Description
One reel to reel. (Also copied on C95-46, as well as C83-16) Ward, a carnival pitchman, and circus worker, discusses his career. Topics include pitching; carnivals; circuses; selling techniques; and performing in circuses. The material was featured in two episodes for the public radio program, Florida Home, on traveling entertainment. Copies of the programs can be found on C85-14.
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Interview with circus worker Ward Hall

Interview with circus worker Ward Hall
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a_s1576_10_c83-085Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)SoundPerformers
Entertainers
Singers
Ventriloquists
Music performance
Ventriloquism
Humor
Jokes
Medicine shows
Comedians
Performing arts
Radio programs
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a_s1576_16_c85-015Florida Home: Humorists and Health EvangelistsSoundPublic radio
Radio
Radio programs
Interviews
Entertainment
Performing arts
Medicine shows
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a_s1576_16_c85-014Florida Home: Showtown USASoundPublic radio
Radio
Radio programs
Interviews
Entertainment
Circus
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a_s1576_t82-025Interview with circus worker Ward HallSoundFieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Circus
Performing arts
Carnivals
Selling
Carnival pitching
Occupational folklore
Circus performers
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