| Wrought iron shutters by Thomas Rains | Wrought iron shutters by Thomas Rains | Still Image | Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Blacksmithing
Metal craft
Material culture
Architecture
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days | Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days | Still Image | Blacksmithing
Material culture
Metal craft
Occupational groups
Work
Craft
Leather goods
Leather
Leather craft
Whips
Whip making
Whip braiding
Hides and skins
Demonstrations
Whip maker
Blacksmiths | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days
- Date
- 1993-11-18
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of demonstrations of blacksmithing and whipmaking at the Rural Folklife Days. This festival was held each year at the Stephen Foster Center by the Florida Folklife Program.
- Collection
| Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Still Image | Woodworkers
Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Wheels
Blacksmithing
Woodwork
Material culture
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Tools
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Metalwork
Transportation
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio
- Date
- 1992
- Description
- 53 color slides. Images of Hollenback and his apprentice Rubio making historic wheels. They performed the work at the Pioneer Settlement where Rubio worked as a blacksmith. Hollenback was originally from Illinois were he learned blacksmith and wheelwrighting from his father. Rubio was originally from New York. For more information on both of them, see S 1644, box 10, folder 5. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Still Image | Woodworkers
Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Wheels
Blacksmithing
Woodwork
Material culture
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Tools
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Metalwork
Transportation
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio
- Date
- 1992
- Description
- Four color prints. Images of Hollenback and his apprentice Rubio making historic wheels. They performed the work at the Pioneer Settlement where Rubio worked as a blacksmith. Hollenback was originally from Illinois were he learned blacksmith and wheelwrighting from his father. Rubio was originally from New York. For more information on both of them, see S 1644, box 10, folder 5. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio | Still Image | Woodworkers
Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Wheels
Blacksmithing
Woodwork
Material culture
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Tools
Occupational groups
Occupational training
Metalwork
Transportation
Apprentices
Wheelwrights | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wheelwright Lester Hollenback with his apprentice Albert (Tico) Rubio
- Date
- 1992-01
- Description
- Nine proof sheets with 324 black and white images (plus negatives). Images of Hollenback and his apprentice Rubio making historic wheels. They performed the work at the Pioneer Settlement where Rubio worked as a blacksmith. Hollenback was originally from Illinois were he learned blacksmith and wheelwrighting from his father. Rubio was originally from New York. For more information on both of them, see S 1644, box 10, folder 5. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
| Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15) | Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15) | Moving Image | Cowboys
Blacksmiths
Storytellers
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Blacksmithing
Ranch life
Metalwork
Ranching
Storytelling
Cattle
Animals
Oral narratives
Cattle brands
Ranchers
Rodeo performers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 3 of 15)
- Date
- 1984-05-25
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). Video of the Ranch Folklife Area, including branding, an 1876 Cow Camp (with explanations of the cracker whip sounds and cow hunting), a Calf Scramble with Gurney Geiger and Curly Dekle, blacksmithing, and "Frog" Smith describing table salt remedy for cleaning out a fire.
- Collection
| Tools of blacksmith James Kirkland | Tools of blacksmith James Kirkland | Still Image | Blacksmiths
Fieldwork
Tools
Workshops
Material culture
Blacksmithing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Tools of blacksmith James Kirkland
- Date
- 1986-12-02
- Description
- Five color slides. One image of Kirkland in front of his workshop. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Tool maker Bill Nichols at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Tool maker Bill Nichols at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Blacksmiths
Material culture
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Tools
Craft
Demonstrations
Occupational groups
Blacksmithing
Metal craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Thomas Rains demonstrating blacksmithing to students | Thomas Rains demonstrating blacksmithing to students | Still Image | African Americans
Blacksmithing
Metal craft
Demonstrations
Workshops
Workplace
Students
Teaching of folklore
Fieldwork (educational method)
Education
Blacksmiths | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Cattle
Demonstrations
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
Animals
Draft animals
Ranching
Whips
Whipcracking
Children
Blacksmithing
Dogs
Working dogs
Blacksmiths
Ranchers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
The Ranching Demonstration Area at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1984-05
- Description
- Fifty-nine color slides. 1331: Children on a barrel bull; 1332-1334: Blacksmith Buddy Page; 1335-1341: Glen Nettles with cows in brush with dogs; 1342-1347: Rancher Sylvester on horse driving cattle; 1348-1356: Sylvester with cow dogs holding cattle in pens; 1357-1362: Sylvester branding cattle with paint; 1363-1370: Curly Dekle with his whip act; 1371-1383: demonstration of working cattle; 1384-1387: roping cattle; 1388-1889: children chasing a calf.
- Collection
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