| An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River | An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fieldwork
Structures
Fishing nets
Fishing
Buildings
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishes
Occupational groups
Fishing tackle
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
An abandoned fish house on the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1985-02-27
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of fisher Jackie Bennett at his father Doc Bennett's old fish house. Images of hoop nets, tar pots, a table for fish cleaning, and an old building. 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.
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| Bernice Schmidt fishing for shad in the St. Johns River | Bernice Schmidt fishing for shad in the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fieldwork
Rivers
Occupational groups
Fishing
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Boats and boating
Shad
Fishes
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bernice Schmidt fishing for shad in the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1985-02-07
- Description
- One color print (plus one black and white print and negatives). Duplicate of slide S85-2102. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted 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
| 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 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 tours at Wakulla Springs | Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Boats and boating
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Glass bottom boats
Fishes
Rivers
Springs
Transportation
Docks
Waterways
Tour guides (Persons)
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tourists
Hotels
Alligators
Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Seventy-seven color slides. Images of boat tours at Wakulla Springs, a tourist attraction dating back to the 1930s. Many of the tours and features (such as the pole vaulting fish, a bass fish which rubs its gills on a wooden pole in the spring) date back to the 1800s. Images include the river, fauna and flora, the springs, the boat drivers and their boats, and the attraction's 1938 lodge. (Today the area is a state park.) Most of these images are duplicated in S 1577, v. 7, S81-741 - S81-820.
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| Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman | Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman | Still Image | Fishers
Fieldwork
Minorcan Americans
Oyster fisheries
Oysters
Clam fisheries
Clams
Fisheries
Fishes
Seafood industry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Commercial fishing for shad in the St. Johns River | Commercial fishing for shad in the St. Johns River | Still Image | Fieldwork
Rivers
Boats and boating
Waterways
Occupational groups
Labor
Workplace
Seafood gathering
Casting (Fishing)
Fishhooks
Fishes
Fishing
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Fishing tackle
Saltwater fishing
African Americans
Maritime life
Docks
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Commercial fishing for shad in the St. Johns River
- Date
- 1985-02-07
- Description
- 151 color slides. Images of commercial fishers Sheffield and the Schmidt family catching, hauling, and cleaning shad (and some flounder). They would fish the St. Johns River and then take their catches back to the fishhouse for processing. The Schmidts were from Illinois originally, and Sheiffield was a native of Floridia. For an interview with the Schmidts, see S 1714, Box 3, tapes 28-29; for Sheffield, see tape 27.. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted 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.
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| Demonstrating Hillsborough County Folklife | Demonstrating Hillsborough County Folklife | Still Image | Italian Americans
Fishing nets
Seafood gathering
Material culture
Students
Demonstrations
Education
Pedagogy
Seafood
Food preparation
Fishes
Crabbing
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Crabbers
Fishers
Net maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Demonstrating Hillsborough County Folklife
- Date
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-seven images. 1-3: Jim Riley -- fish market worker preparing fish; 4-22: Robert Pascuiti of Ybor City demonstrating net making and casting at his home; 23-25: students playing; 26-36: Willie Crain demonstrating crabbing and wooden crab traps to the students. October 1982.
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| Fish house worker Christo Poloponis cleaning fish | Fish house worker Christo Poloponis cleaning fish | Still Image | Fieldwork
Fishes
Knives
Food preparation
Occupational groups
Labor
Workplace
Seafood
Fishery processing plants
Fisheries processing
Seafood industry
Workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fish house worker Christo Poloponis cleaning fish
- Date
- 1986-11-07
- Description
- Thirty one color slides. Cleaning fish at Toranto's Fish House. 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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| Fish house worker Clay Vioria cleaning fish | Fish house worker Clay Vioria cleaning fish | Still Image | Fieldwork
Fishes
Knives
Food preparation
Occupational groups
Labor
Workplace
Seafood
Seafood industry
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fish house worker Clay Vioria cleaning fish
- Date
- 1986-06-07
- Description
- Nineteen color slides. Cleaning fish at Toranto's Fish House. 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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| Fisherman Tommy Noles catching and cleaning catfish | Fisherman Tommy Noles catching and cleaning catfish | Still Image | Fieldwork
Fishing
Fishes
Fisheries
Fish trapping
Fish traps
Occupational groups
Workplace
Labor
Boats and boating
Seafood gathering
Food preparation
Maritime life
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Saltwater fishing
Waterways
Catfishes
Fishing tackle
Knives
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fisherman Tommy Noles catching and cleaning catfish
- Date
- 1985-02-07
- Description
- 143 color slides. Images of commercial fisherman Noles trapping, transporting, and cleaning catfish for sale at market. The boat he used was built by Myron Warr. A few slides are duplicates. For an interview with Noles, see S 1714, Box 3, tapes 30-32. 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
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