| Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex | Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex | Still Image | Farmers
Farm buildings
Agriculture
Architecture
Structures
Family farming
Farm life
Farm workers
Farms
Sugar crops
Sugarcane grinding
Sugarcane products
Cane syrup
Material culture
Tools
Agricultural implements | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cane grinding at the Dudley Farm complex
- Date
- 1989-11
- Description
- Twelve proof sheets with 384 black and white images. Images of cane grinding at the Dudley Farms complex. Today a state park, Dudley Farms had been used as the Dudley family farm since the 1840s. Donated to the state in 1984 by Myrtle Dudley, the Bureau of Florida Folklife was contracted by the Florida Park Service to survey the sugarcane grinding complex at the farm. The final result was a report of the Bureau's findings, available in S 1597. Logs are included with the proof sheets.
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| Demonstration of Big Bend Folklife | Demonstration of Big Bend Folklife | Still Image | Fishing lures
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Material culture
Houses
African Americans
Farms
Buildings
Structures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demonstration of Big Bend Folklife
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. 1-6: Red Whiddon with his homemade fishing lures; 7-21: Wilson Coxwell with rope; 22-35: images of African American homes; 36: African American farm. Date: Fall 1980.
- Collection
| East Indian grape arbor | East Indian grape arbor | Still Image | Agriculture
Farm life
Crops
Farms
Arbors
Vertical gardening
Grapes
Viticulture
Vineyards
Farm workers
Migrant workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
East Indian grape arbor
- Date
- Description
- Eight color slides. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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| Entry to Duda Farms | Entry to Duda Farms | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs and signboards
Farms
Advertising | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Entry to Duda Farms
- Date
- 1988-01
- Description
- One color slide. 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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| Farm scenes in Jefferson County | Farm scenes in Jefferson County | Still Image | Fieldwork
Farm buildings
Farm life
Farm workers
Tools
Farms
Broom making
Brooms
African Americans
Cane syrup
Sugarcane grinding
Animals
Chickens
Structures
Farmers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Farm scenes in Jefferson County
- Date
- 1982-09-21
- Description
- Thirty-six color slides. Images from a farm in Jefferson County, including broom making, chickens, sugar grinding, and other activities and structures.
- Collection
| Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields | Farmer James Ambrose plowing his fields | Still Image | Farmers
Fieldwork
Plowing
Plows
Agriculture
Agricultural implements
Domestic animals
Draft animals
Mules
Harnesses
Farming
Farms
Working animals
Occupational groups
Wagons
Farm buildings | /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 |
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.
- Collection
| 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 |
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.
- Collection
| Helicopter sugarcane crop sprayer | Helicopter sugarcane crop sprayer | Still Image | Farm workers
Fieldwork
Farming
Sugar crops
Agriculture
Sugarcane
Machinery
Cash crops
Farms
Helicopters
Spraying
Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture
Helicopter pilots | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Helicopter sugarcane crop sprayer
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Six color slides. Images of a helicopter crop sprayer for sugarcane, piloted by Justin Brown. 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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| Migrant farmers harvesting sweet potatoes | Migrant farmers harvesting sweet potatoes | Still Image | Latinos
Farm life
Agriculture
Tractors
Farming
Farms
Labor
Workers
Migrants
Occupational groups
Crops
Migrant workers
Farm workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Migrant farmers harvesting sweet potatoes
- Date
- 1985-09-06
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Images are of Latino migrant workers harvesting sweet potatos; also includes images of pickers and tractor drivers. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
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