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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 drivers at Wakulla Springs

Boat tours at Homosassa Springs

Date: 1980-10
Description: Forty-two color slides. Images of Homosassa Springs boat tours and drivers. Homosassa Springs has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s. The incarnation of the attraction seen in these images dates from the 1960s. (The area is now a Florida state park.) Images are of the boat drivers ( Richard Strube, Cecil Johnson and Raymond Thompson) and the facilties, springs, fish, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1576, box 5.
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Boat tours at Homosassa Springs

Boat tours at Silver Springs

Date: 1980-10
Description: Sixty-five color slides. Images are of Silver Springs boat tours and boat drivers. The springs are one of the oldest roadside attractions in Florida. Developed formally in the 1920s, boat tours have been given since the mid-1800s by local residents. Images include the boat drivers: David Faison (821-826, 850-858); Utz (827-847), Klotz (848-849, 859-867); and Jokler (868-875); as well as the boats, springs, park facilities, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1577.
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Boat tours at Silver Springs

Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms

Date: 1983-10-06
Description: Seventeen color slides. 77-78: Images of the ceremony; 79-86: Park employee with Paul Wagner and Loomis; 87-88: Wagner and Father Coll; 89: Bulger; 90: Belland; 91-93: Reception with Jean Lee. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between the Florida Dept. of State and Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour was organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). The tour, with 140 performers and delegates from Minorca, consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
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Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms

The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT

Date: 1983-10-06
Description: Twenty-seven color slides. Images of the Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing for tourists at EPCOT at Walt Disney World. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between Florida Dept. of State and Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour was organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). With 140 performers and delegates from Minorca,the tour consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
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The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT

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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 tours at Homosassa Springs	Boat tours at Homosassa Springs	Still Image	Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Springs 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 tours at Silver Springs	Boat tours at Silver Springs	Still Image	Tourists Tourism Ecotourism African Americans Springs 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
Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms	Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms	Still Image	Special events Cultural exchanges Exchange of persons programs Rites and ceremonies Dancers Public speaking Choir singing A capella singing Tourism Alligators Amusement parks Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT	The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT	Still Image	Special events Rites and ceremonies Tourists Tourism Amusement parks Performing arts Music performance Choir singing Choirs (music) Dancers Minorcans Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms

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The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT

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Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs

Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs

Boat tours at Homosassa Springs

Boat tours at Homosassa Springs

Boat tours at Silver Springs

Boat tours at Silver Springs

Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms

Minorcan Culture ceremony at St. Augustine's Alligator Farms

The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT

The Capella Davidson choir and the Minorcan dancers performing at EPCOT