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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Hides and skins"
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Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival
Date
1989-06-24
Description
61 color slides. Images of musicans (many are dark), sponge diving helmet makers Toth and Lerios, crafts, and various speakers. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
Collection
Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival
Margaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Margaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1978-05
Description
One black and white print. Maggie Melton, of Plant City, demonstrating her crafts (belts, purses, jewelry) made from rattlesnake hides.
Collection
Margaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Margaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna
Date
1989-06-25
Description
Thirty-eight color slides; two proof sheets with 59 black and white images (plus negatives). Tsimouris making a tsabouna, a Greek bag pipe made out of sheep's skin. More images of Tsimouris at the festival can be found in folder 6, S 1672, box 1. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
Collection
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna
Date
1989-06-25
Description
Thirty-five color slides. Tsimouris making a tsabouna, a Greek bag pipe made out of sheep's skin. More images of Tsimouris at the festival can be found in folder 6, S 1672, box 1. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
Collection
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna
Rattlesnake skins

Rattlesnake skins
Date
1982-09-21
Description
Two color slides.
Collection
Rattlesnake skins

Rattlesnake skins
Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

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
Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days

Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife Days
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts FestivalImages from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts FestivalStill ImageMusicians
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Folk festivals
Special events
Demonstrations
Musical instruments
Hides and skins
Bouzouki
Helmets
Craft
Sponge divers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Margaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalMargaret Melton displaying her crafts made from rattlesnake hides at the 1978 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageArtisans
Jewelry
Jewelry making
Clothing
Belts (Clothing)
Demonstrations
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Handbags
Rattlesnakes
Hides and skins
Material culture		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabounaNikitas Tsimouris making a tsabounaStill ImageArts, Greek
Greek Americans
Tsabouna
Musical instruments
Hides and skins
Demonstrations
Craft
Folk festivals
Special events
Bagpipes
Musical instrument maker		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabounaNikitas Tsimouris making a tsabounaStill ImageArts, Greek
Greek Americans
Folk festivals
Special events
Demonstrations
Musical instruments
Hides and skins
Tsabouna
Bagpipes
Craft
Musical instrument maker		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Rattlesnake skinsRattlesnake skinsStill ImageFieldwork
Hides and skins
Rattlesnakes
Fauna		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Whip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife DaysWhip making and blacksmithing at the 1993 Rural Folklife DaysStill ImageBlacksmithing
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