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Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Date: 1983
Description: Two proof sheets with 44 black and white images (plus negatives).
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Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Date: 1983-10-25
Description: Twenty-two color slides. Mayo showing students how to cut and grind sugarcane. Part of the 1983 Folk Arts in the Schools program
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Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Fern Farm

Date: 1985-03-01
Description: Twenty color slides. Images of a typical fern farm owned by Bonnie Jones, located in an area known as the fern belt. The ferns are under plastic wrap to protect them from freezing. Many of the plants are brown from the recent January freeze. Ferns were often used by Mexican Americans as food additives, called herba. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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Fern Farm

Date: 1985-03-01
Description: One proof sheet, with 31 black & white image s(plus negatives). Images of Marie Castillo, Rosario Reyes, and Jose Luis Caro harvesting ferns. a typical fern farm owned by Bonnie Jones, located in an area known as the fern belt. Ferns were often used by Mexican Americans as food additives, called herba. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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Fern Farm

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Date: 1985-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Owens served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that roiginated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. Folklorist Figgen served as moderator for the workshop. The workshop came out of research for the St. Johns River Survey. Grimm discussed pinata making, Castillo talked aboau farming ferns, and Castillo discussed taco making. Folklorist McDonald introduced Thompson. Thompson was from Hastings.
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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Date: 1994-05-27
Description: One audio cassette. Trask was a citrus worker from Highland City. Chancey was a storyteller from Bartow. Her session continues on C94-51.
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Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Date: 1982-04-23
Description: One proof sheet with 17 black and white images (plus negatives) Location of Hunter's property is unidentifed. For more images of Hunter's tools, see S 1577, volume 11, slides S82-1016 - S82-1040. The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
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Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Harvesting sugarcane

Date: 1983
Description: Seventy-four color slides. Images of sugarcane harvesting in Clewiston. Shows cutting sugar cane stalks, burning cane fields, turning used stalks into mulch, tools used, and sugar processing plants. Slides 1-20 are duplicated in slides 21-40; and slides 41-57 are duplictaed in slides 58-74.
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Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

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Description: One black and white print.
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Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil

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Description: Two black and white prints. Holland was the photographer for the Florida Dept. of Commerce. Tung tree fruit were used to produce tung oil. Tung trees originate in China; imported to U.S. in 1904, and to Florida in the 1920s.
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Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil

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Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students	Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students	Still Image	Farmer Students Food preparation Agriculture Tools Demonstrations Farmers Sugarcane grinding Sugar Sugarcane Farming Education Sugar crops Cash crops Agricultural implements	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Fern Farm	Fern Farm	Still Image	Fieldwork Farming Ferns Flora Agriculture Plants Food habits Mexican American cookery Farmer	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Fern Farm	Fern Farm	Still Image	Fieldwork Occupational groups Farms Ferns Herbs Mexican Americans Flora Agriculture Plants Harvesting Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t85-112	Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Singing Corridos Performing arts Ballads Guitar music Guitarists Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Folk music Mexico Latinos Music Latin America Ethnicity, Mexico Workshops (Adult education) Pinatas Leisure Ferns Oral education Farming Tacos Cookery, Mexican Cooking and dining Agriculture African Americans Blues (Music) Musicians Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Cooks Artisans Guitarist Blues singers Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_33_c94-050	Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)	Sound	Farm workers Storytellers Farmers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral performance Workshops (Adult education) Personal experience narratives Life histories Occupational folklore Occupational groups Citrus fruit industry Citrus industry Agriculture Farming Orange industry Oral narratives Storytelling Tales	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm	Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm	Still Image	Turpentiners Fieldwork Farms Agricultural implements Agriculture Plows Turpentining Trees Teachers Teaching of folklore Demonstrations Tools Occupational groups Farmers Students Teenagers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Harvesting sugarcane	Harvesting sugarcane	Still Image	Fieldwork African Americans Sugar crops Sugarcane Sugar Farm life Agriculture Agricultural implements Knives Labor Occupational groups Plants Cash crops Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Harvesting sugarcane with tractor	Harvesting sugarcane with tractor	Still Image	Sugar Sugar crops Sugarcane Tractors Machinery African Americans Agriculture Farming Cash crops Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil	Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil	Still Image	Tung oil Tung tree Tung nut Trees Harvesting Plants Flora Agriculture Work Workers Labor African Americans Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil

Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil

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Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields

Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Farmer T.G. Mayo demonstrating sugarcane grinding to students

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Fern Farm

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshop Stage) (Tape 2)

Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Hamilton Middle School students at Oliver Hunter's farm

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

Harvesting sugarcane with tractor

Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil

Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil