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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Beaches"
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Palm frond hat maker Vic Simmons

Palm frond hat maker Vic Simmons
Date
1986-10-02
Description
Nineteen color slides. Images of Simmons, a former commerical fisher, making palm frond hats for tourists. He learned to make them in the 1960s as the result of a bet with a friend. The woman in the slides is Kimberly Wick, a customer. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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Palm frond hat maker Vic Simmons

Palm frond hat maker Vic Simmons
Promotional photograph for proposed beach dredging project

Promotional photograph for proposed beach dredging project
Date
1979
Description
One black and white print. Promotional photograph used to influence people on the need for a proposed $16 million beach dredging project in Jacksonville. Displays examples of bathing styles.
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Promotional photograph for proposed beach dredging project

Promotional photograph for proposed beach dredging project
Scenes of Gaspirilla Island

Scenes of Gaspirilla Island
Date
1987-11-12
Description
Twenty color slides. Images of fishers and architecture on Gaspirilla Island, including the town of Boca Grande. A highlight is the Gaspirilla Island lighthouse (1890-1966), that is today part of Gaspirilla Island State Park. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant,the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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Scenes of Gaspirilla Island

Scenes of Gaspirilla Island
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Palm frond hat maker Vic SimmonsPalm frond hat maker Vic SimmonsStill ImageFieldwork
Beaches
Hats
Palm frond weaving
Palmetto weaving
Craft
Tourism
Tourist art
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Promotional photograph for proposed beach dredging projectPromotional photograph for proposed beach dredging projectStill ImageBeaches
Recreation
Tourism
Seashore
Bathing beaches
Advertising
Swimmers
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Scenes of Gaspirilla IslandScenes of Gaspirilla IslandStill ImageFieldwork
Occupational groups
Docks
Boats and boating
Lighthouses
Buildings
Architecture
Streets
Community
Beaches
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