| Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
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Fishes
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Boat driving
Rivers
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Transportation
Oral performance
Nature
Fauna
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Amusement parks
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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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| a_s1576_t81-002 | Glass bottom boat tour and interview with Donald "Frog" Edwards for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Boating
Ecotourism
Tourism workers
Tour guides
Boat operators
Interviews
Occupational folklore
Springs
Excursion boats | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour and interview with Donald "Frog" Edwards for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Edwards. 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. Afterwards, he gives a brief interview in which he talks about working at Wakulla, past work experience, the other boat guides, Henry the pole-vaulting fish, and how he learned the trade. 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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| a_s1576_t81-010 | Glass bottom boat tour by George Bower at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat driver
Orators
Field recordings
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Occupational folklore
Glass bottom boats
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour by George Bower at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-09
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Bower. 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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| 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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| 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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| a_s1576_t83-141 | Interview with Wakulla Springs glass-bottom boat driver Luke Smith | Sound | Fieldwork
Glass bottom boats
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Boats and boating
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
African Americans
Oral histories
Life histories
Occupational folklore
Occupational training
Poetic language
Family history
Local history
Boat driver
Orators
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Wakulla Springs glass-bottom boat driver Luke Smith
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Interview begins on T83-142. Luke Smith drove boats at Wakulla Springs (a tourist attraction located near Tallahassee) from the 1920s through the early 1980s. In the interview, he discusses creating boat tours, his family history, how he learned the tours and taught others, the history of the attraction, and Rainbow Springs boat driver Skipper Lockett.
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| a_s1576_t81-006 | Jungle cruise boat tour by Donald "Frog" Edwards at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat driver
Orators
Field recordings
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Occupational folklore
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Jungle cruise boat tour by Donald "Frog" Edwards at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a jungle cruise tour spiel conducted by Edwards. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, 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. 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.
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| a_s1576_t81-009 | Jungle cruise boat tour by George Bowers at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Occupational folklore
Boat driver
Orators
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Jungle cruise boat tour by George Bowers at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-09
- Description
- One reel to reel. Recording of a jungle cruise tour conducted by Bower. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, 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. 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.
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| a_s1576_t81-005 | Jungle cruise boat tour by James A. Moretz at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat operators
Field recordings
Boating
Ecotourism
Tour guides
Springs
Interviews
Occupational folklore
Excursion boats | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Jungle cruise boat tour by James A. Moretz at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. This was the second boat tour by Moretz recorded by the FFP -- the first can be found on T81-1. Features a jungle cruise tour spiel conducted by Moretz. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, 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. 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.
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