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Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Date: 1989-06
Description: Four color slides.
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Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Date: 1982-11-15
Description: Sixty-seven color slides.
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Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Robert Osceola carving a knife

Date: 1982
Description: Five color slides. The images were created for the Florida Folklife Program's Seminole Slide and Tape Project, a program sponsored by the American Express Company in 1982-1983 to create two educational slide/tape programs for use by schools, community groups, and other educational outlets. One program dealt with sweetgrass basket making; the other with traditional Seminole patchwork. Recordings of the finished program tapes can be found in S 1576, Box 10. Teacher guides, program scripts, and documentation of the project can be found in S 1595, Box 1.
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Robert Osceola carving a knife

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Date: 1986-10-14
Description: Twenty color slides. Images of Cain in his shop making an oyster shucking knife. Shucking is the removal of oysters from their shell. For more of Cain, see S 1577, Box 4, folder 5. For an interview, see S 1592, box 8, tape 10. 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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Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Date: 1986-10-14
Description: One contact sheet with thirty-six images. Images of Loys in his shop making an oyster shucking knife. Shucking is the removal of oysters from their shell. For more of Cain, see S 1577, v. 46. 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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Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Date: 1986-11-13
Description: Seven color slides. Taken in his home. Images of Sapp with the fiddle and knives he made. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Date: 1979-11-13
Description: 142 color slides. Clark demonstrating the entire process of making split white oak baskets, from gathering wood to the finished product. A number of these slides are missing (the 142 figure denotes the number of slides that are not missing.)
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Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Date: 1986-10-14
Description: One audio cassette. Interview with Cain, who made oyster shucking knives. He was born on 15 October, 1909 in Lynn Haven, Florida. Shucking is the removal of oysters from their shell.
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Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Knives made by Bobby Jones

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Description: Seven color slides. Jones was a self-taught knife maker, making the handles and blades. In 1992, the Palm Beach Community College contracted the Florida Folklife Program to conduct ten days of fieldwork in March 1992 around Lake Okeechobee for a Lakefront Legacy Festival later that year (16 May 1992). Headed up by FFP folklorist Debbie Fant, and assisted by Robert Stone and Robert Shanafelt, the fieldwork involved 26 informants, slides, print images and recorded interviews. In the end, the FFP recommended seven people for festival participation.
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Knives made by Bobby Jones

Harvesting sugarcane

Date: 1983
Description: Seventy-four color slides. Images of sugarcane harvesting in Clewiston. Shows cutting sugar cane stalks, burning cane fields, turning used stalks into mulch, tools used, and sugar processing plants. Slides 1-20 are duplicated in slides 21-40; and slides 41-57 are duplictaed in slides 58-74.
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Harvesting sugarcane

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Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage	Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage	Still Image	Wood carvers Fieldwork Fishing lures Fishing tackle Woodwork Woodworking tools Knives	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating	Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating	Still Image	Cooks Fieldwork Opossums Food preparation Knives Meat Cookery (Meat) Cooking and dining Food habits African Americans Animals	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Robert Osceola carving a knife	Robert Osceola carving a knife	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Indian reservations Wood carving Woodwork Woodworking tools Knives Wood craft Material culture Demonstrations Knifesmiths Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain	Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain	Still Image	Fieldwork Knives Occupational groups Metal craft Knife grinding Tools Oyster industries Workshops Fishing Equipment and supplies Artisans Knifesmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain	Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain	Still Image	Artisans Fieldwork Knives Occupational groups Metal craft Knife grinding Tools Oyster industries Workshops Fishing Equipment and supplies Knifesmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives	Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives	Still Image	Fieldwork Material culture Fiddles String instruments Musical instruments Violin Knives Metalwork Knifesmiths Musical instrument maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)	Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)	Still Image	Fieldwork White oak Baskets African Americans Demonstrations Wood craft Basket making Weaving Basketry Containers Basket work Trees Axes Knives Craft Material culture Basket maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1592_06_tape12	Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project	Sound	Field recordings Knives Occupational groups Metal craft Knife grinding Tools Oyster industries Fishing equipment and supplies Interviews Oral narratives Knifesmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Knives made by Bobby Jones	Knives made by Bobby Jones	Still Image	Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Fieldwork Knives Metal craft Material culture Woodwork Knifesmiths	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Harvesting sugarcane	Harvesting sugarcane	Still Image	Fieldwork African Americans Sugar crops Sugarcane Sugar Farm life Agriculture Agricultural implements Knives Labor Occupational groups Plants Cash crops Farm workers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Robert Osceola carving a knife

Robert Osceola carving a knife

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane

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State Library of Florida

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Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Wood carver Chuck Carr making fishing lures in his garage

Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Willie Gillard and Dessie Oliver cleaning and preparing opossum for eating

Robert Osceola carving a knife

Robert Osceola carving a knife

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Oyster shucking knife maker Loys Cain

Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Michael Sapp with his fiddle and knives

Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Lucreaty Clark making split oak baskets (entire process)

Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Loys Cain interview for the Maritime Heritage Survey Project

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Knives made by Bobby Jones

Harvesting sugarcane

Harvesting sugarcane