| Epiphany Day celebration in Tarpon Springs | Epiphany Day celebration in Tarpon Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Religious rites
Holidays and festivals
Special events
Catholics
Christianity
Docks
Boats
Trawlers (Vessels)
Greek Americans
Church architecture
Churches
Children | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany Day celebration in Tarpon Springs
- Date
- 1977-01-06
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Images of festival participants, the sponge docks, shrimp boats, and the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community.
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| Fernandina Seafood Festival | Fernandina Seafood Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Shrimpers (persons)
Boats
Festivals
Seafood
Cookery (Seafood)
Trawlers (Vessels)
Docks
African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song (Video 7) | Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song (Video 7) | Moving Image | Fishers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Greek Americans
Churches
Sponges
Church architecture
Docks
Stores, retail
Museum collection
Museums
Boats and boating
Sponge divers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Fieldwork for Every Island Has Its Own Song (Video 7)
- Date
- 1987-11
- Description
- One video cassette. 20 minutes. (Copy can be found on FV-4, S 1615). St. Nicholas church interior continued from V-89-19, George Billiris working on sponge boat, John M. Cocoris memorial at sponge docks, local tourist museum, sponges in Billiris' shop. Created for the Every Island Has Its Own Song project. The finished product was a documentary about Nikitas Tsimouris, a Greek bagpipe player, and his family, and the Tarpon Springs Greek community he lived in. A co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael researched, wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer.
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| Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version) | Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version) | Moving Image | Television
Storytelling
Fishing
Personal experience narratives
Tales
Docks
Alligator hunting
Alligators
Fishing stories
Shrimpers (persons)
Boats and boating
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Fishing nets
Rivers
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Interviewing on television
Fishers
Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Florida Yesterday: Seafood (rough cut version)
- Date
- 1977-03-08
- Description
- One video cassette. (3/4" tape) See V86-27 for the master version. Filmed at Hagan Seafood Dock, the video consists of Frog Smith talking with Lehr (on the dock, and on a couple of the shrimp boats) about alligator hunting, pirtaes, Calusa Indians, shrimping, fishing, excavating lcoal mounds, and how the Caloosahatchee River has developed. Also inlcudes B-roll footage of several shrimp boats.
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| Greek life in Tarpon Springs | Greek life in Tarpon Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Docks
Greek Americans
Bakery
Bread
Community culture
Community enterprise
Streets
Maritime life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Greek sponge divers | Greek sponge divers | Still Image | Sponge divers
Fieldwork
Boats
Greek Americans
Occupational groups
Docks
Sponge fisheries
Sponges
Fisheries
Transportation
Waterways
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Greek sponge divers
- Date
- 1988-06-16
- Description
- Twelve color slides. 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 folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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| Images of maritime life in Cortez, Florida | Images of maritime life in Cortez, Florida | Still Image | Fieldwork
Docks
Waterways
Maritime life
Rivers
Architecture
Material culture
Structures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images of maritime life in Cortez, Florida
- Date
- 1986-12-02
- Description
- Fifiteen color slides. Images of the waterfront area at Cortez, Florida. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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| Maritime folklore at Mayport | Maritime folklore at Mayport | Still Image | Festivals
Seafood
Fishing nets
Docks
Architecture
Special events
Boats
Maritime folklore
Maritime life
Seafood gathering
Specialty stores
Children
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Maritime folklore at Mayport
- Date
- 1991-10-26
- Description
- Sixteen color slides. Images created during the first Mayport Seafood Festival. 1-2: Mayport Marine Science Center; 3: Matt Rolland Seafood; 4-9: Mayport docks; 10: Miss Becky Seafood; 11-12: Nets piled by docks; 13-15: Children playing on an old skiff; 16: Hilton and Helen Cooper Floyd.
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| Maritime images of Cedar Key | Maritime images of Cedar Key | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Docks
Maritime life
Fishers
Waterways
Material culture
Occupational groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Maritime images of Cedar Key
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- Seventeen color slides. Images of various waterfronts and workers in Cedar Key. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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| Mayport scenes, c. 1950s | Mayport scenes, c. 1950s | Still Image | Boats and boating
Boatbuilders
Seafood gathering
Fishing nets
Occupational groups
Labor
Maritime life
Docks
Fishers
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Mayport scenes, c. 1950s
- Date
- 1950
- Description
- Three contact sheets with 88 photographic black and white images; plus logs and negatives. Copies of photographs taken by Helen Floyd Cooper, a long-time Mayport resident with an interest in the local fishing culture. Between 1986 and 1987, a partnership between the Florida Folklife Program and the American Folk Center created the Maritime Heritage Survey Project. Focusing on the Gulf and Atlantic fishing cultures, and utilizing photographs, slides, oral histories, and on-site interviews, the survey climaxed with a demonstration area at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival. The three main researchers were Nancy Nusz, Merri Belland, and project director David Taylor. Additional information on the project can be found in Taylor's project files in S 1716.
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