| Fire-controlled landscape at the Birdsong Nature Center | Fire-controlled landscape at the Birdsong Nature Center | Still Image | Woodworkers
Fieldwork
Nature
Forests and forestry
Landscape
Trees
Pine
Nature centers
Longleaf pine
Flora
Grasses | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fire-controlled landscape at the Birdsong Nature Center
- Date
- 1989-01
- Description
- Ten color slides. Nature enthusiasts Ed and Betty Komarek purchased Birdsong Plantation in 1938 from the Dickey family. Over the decades, they became involved with several biologists and conservationists, such as Henry Stoddard. They used prescribed fire to landscape their property. In 1986, they opened the nature center as a not-for-profit organization. Their land serves as a prime example of the use of fire to maintain a longleaf pine landscape, an old folk tradition that was later validated by scientists in the late 20th century.
- Collection
| Jamaica Folklife Project | Jamaica Folklife Project | Still Image | Weaving
Demonstrations
Decorative arts
Flora
Architecture
Art
Churches | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Jamaica Folklife Project
- Date
- Description
- Twenty-nine black and white prints. Images of Merri Belland's weaving class in Jamaica and its flora, churches, and people. 15 January 1980.
- Collection
| Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Women weaving palmetto fronds | Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Women weaving palmetto fronds | Still Image | Weavers
Artisans
Fieldwork
Minorcan Americans
Palm frond weaving
Palmetto weaving
Craft
Flora
Decorative arts
Plants
Folklorists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Minorcan Folklife Fieldwork: Women weaving palmetto fronds
- Date
- 1983-03-23
- Description
- One proof sheets with 36 black and white images (plus negatives). Several women weaving palmetto fronds (unclear what they are making). Includes state folklorist Peggy Bulger and local resident Anne Lunestad. Created as research for the Minorcan Folklife Area for the 1983 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil | Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil | Still Image | Tung oil
Tung tree
Tung nut
Trees
Harvesting
Plants
Flora
Agriculture
Work
Workers
Labor
African Americans
Farm workers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Harvesting tung tree fruit for tung oil
- Date
- Description
- Two black and white prints. Holland was the photographer for the Florida Dept. of Commerce. Tung tree fruit were used to produce tung oil. Tung trees originate in China; imported to U.S. in 1904, and to Florida in the 1920s.
- 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.
- Collection
| Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Springs
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 tours at Homosassa Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Forty-two color slides. Images of Homosassa Springs boat tours and drivers. Homosassa Springs has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s. The incarnation of the attraction seen in these images dates from the 1960s. (The area is now a Florida state park.) Images are of the boat drivers ( Richard Strube, Cecil Johnson and Raymond Thompson) and the facilties, springs, fish, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1576, box 5.
- Collection
| Boat tours at Silver Springs | Boat tours at Silver Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Springs
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 tours at Silver Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Sixty-five color slides. Images are of Silver Springs boat tours and boat drivers. The springs are one of the oldest roadside attractions in Florida. Developed formally in the 1920s, boat tours have been given since the mid-1800s by local residents. Images include the boat drivers: David Faison (821-826, 850-858); Utz (827-847), Klotz (848-849, 859-867); and Jokler (868-875); as well as the boats, springs, park facilities, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1577.
- Collection
| Wakulla Springs boat tours | Wakulla Springs boat tours | Still Image | Tourism
Tourists
Boats and boating
Waterways
Rivers
Springs
Flora
Fauna
African Americans
Oral performance
Glass bottom boats
Ecotourism
Wildlife watching industry
Folklore
Storytellers
Storytelling
Workplace
Occupational groups
Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wakulla Springs boat tours
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction located just south of Tallahassee that offered boat tours and lodging. One of the features on the tours was Henry the Fish, a bass fish that would appear to jump over a pole when called. In 1986, the site became a state park. Hawk Jackson died in 2001. 1-19: Boatdriver Wilbert Gavin giving a river boat tour; 20-36: Boatdriver Hawk Jackson giving a glass bottom boat tour over Wakulla Springs.
- Collection
| Suwannee River | Suwannee River | Moving Image | Singers
Musicians
Documentary videos
Video recording
Florida history
Folklore and history
Rivers
Local history
Environment
Folk festivals
Occupational folklore
Springs
Wetlands
Flora
Fauna
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
Phosphate mines and mining
Steamboats
Performing arts
Autoharp music
Singing
Alligators
Birds
Snakes
Fishes
Historical reenactments | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Suwannee River
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- One video recording (VHS; 40 minutes) Created by the Northeast Florida Institute for Science, Mathematics and Computers of University of North Florida, and the Florida Community College of Jacksonville, the documentary traces the natural and cultural history of the Suwannee River from its source in the Okeefenokee Swamp to the Gulf of Mexico. Funded through a grant by the Florida Dept. of Education, topics include the relationship between the river, local springs, and the aquifer, as well as human activities along its banks including the Florida Folk Festival, the Battle of Olustee, Stephen Foster, and phosphate mining. Includes footage of Fitchen, Makley, and Slavin performing at the Florida Folk Festival. Also includes much discussion of the natural features and wildlife of the river. It was narrated by Bill Massie, with music by Landon Walker. The video was produced, directed, and co-written by Dr. Ray Bowman.
- Collection
| Wakulla River | Wakulla River | Still Image | Rivers
Waterways
Landscape
Flora
Fauna | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wakulla River
- Date
- 1982-10
- Description
- One black and white print.
- Collection
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