| Image of Jewish buinesses at 1500 Black Washington Avenue | Image of Jewish buinesses at 1500 Black Washington Avenue | Still Image | Fieldwork
Merchants
Architecture
Business
Jews
Jewish Americans
Stores, retail
Signs (commercial)
Buildings
Community enterprise | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Image of Jewish buinesses at 1500 Black Washington Avenue
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- One color slide. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 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
| Images from a quince store, Debut En Sociedad | Images from a quince store, Debut En Sociedad | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs (commercial)
Business
Signs and signboards
Merchants
Community enterprise
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Clothing and dress
Clothing trade
Cooking and dining
Desserts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images from a quince store, Debut En Sociedad
- Date
- 1980-04-14
- Description
- Ten color slides. The quince is a tradition that celebrates the transition of a young girl from childhood to maturity. The celebration highlights God, family, friends, music, food, and dance. The celebration traditionally begins with a religious ceremony. A reception is held in the home or a banquet hall. The festivities include food and music, and in most, a choreographed waltz or dance performed by the Quinceanera and her court. Many stores in Miami catered to this tradition.
- Collection
| a_s1664_07_tape54 | Interview with bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen | Sound | Restaurateurs
Fieldwork
Food
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Cowboys
Restaurants
Merchants
Life histories
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Oral history
Citrus industry
Cooking and dining
Desserts
Journalists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Interview with bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen
- Date
- 1993-11-30
- Description
- Two audio tapes. Recorded in Allen's home. Born 13 February 1918, Allen was awarded for his efforts to preserve "Cracker" culture through his restaurant and his newspaper columns. He also promoted bluegrass music throughout Florida with his restaurant, Allen's Historical Cafe, which featured live bluegrass music. In 1990, he won the Florida Folk Heritage Award. In the interview, he discusses his life history, and focused upon his mother's 'Cracker' cooking, including various recipes. He also discusses his time as a cowboy, citrus farming, and a hobo. He also describes what constitutes a Florida Cracker. For more information, see file in S 1664, box 5, folder 10.
- Collection
| a_s1592_08_reel01 | Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins | Sound | Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Selling seafood
Oyster fisheries
Oyster industries
Oyster shucking
Oysters
Fishing
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral narratives
Oyster tongs
Fishers
Merchants
Dealers (retail trade) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins
- Date
- 1986-10-16
- Description
- Two reel to reels (also copied onto audio cassette). Interview with fish house owner Grady Leavins. He discusses his early life in Pensacola; learning the oyster fishing trade; local oystermen; opening his own seafood business; the oystering process; boats; the seafood industry; harvesting clams; Florida Seafood Festival; and ecological changes to Bay. Also available on reel to reels (reels 6-7). 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). 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.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape01 | Interview with restauranteur Joan Bouington | Sound | Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Restaurants
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Oral narratives
Cooking and dining
Seafood
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Food habits
Cookery (Mullet)
Cookery (Seafood)
Menus
Cookery (Alligator)
Restaurateurs
Merchants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with restauranteur Joan Bouington
- Date
- 1986-10-15
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with seafood restaurant owner Joan Bouington. Originally from New York, her family moved to Florida when she was ten. She discusses running a restaurant (her parents ran one, The Hut, since 1943); recipes; seafood cooking; mullet; oysters; shrimp; scallops; food; local history; and local fishers. 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). 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.
- Collection
| a_s1592_06_tape06 | Interview with seafood dealer George Kirvin | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Oral narratives
Life histories
Fishing
Seafood gathering
Seafood industry
Shrimpers (persons)
Stores, retail
Boats and boating
Mullet fisheries
Local history
Family history
Mullet fishing
Oyster tongs
Oyster shucking
Weather
Merchants
Dealers (Retail trade) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with seafood dealer George Kirvin
- Date
- 1986-10-09
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Interview with well-known seafood dealer Kirvin. In 1965, he won a Governor's Award for contribution to Florida seafood. He discusses his start as a fisher and a boat captain; Apalachicola Bay; his start in dealing seafood in 1960s; local contributions and activities; Governor's Award; rifts between commerical and sports fishing; politics; family history; learning fishing; local history; fishing; seining; mullet fishing; locating fish; oystering; and hurricanes. 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. Also available on reel to reel (reels 6-7). 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.
- Collection
| Ironwork at Chi Chi's Designs | Ironwork at Chi Chi's Designs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs (commercial)
Signs and signboards
Stores, retail
Ironwork
Metal craft
Metal products
Merchants
Community enterprise
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Ironwork at Chi Chi's Designs
- Date
- 1992-03
- Description
- Nine color slides. Chi Chi's Designs was a local iron work store that made gates, fences, chairs, and othe rmetal products. 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.
- Collection
| La Placita Grocery in West Palm Beach | La Placita Grocery in West Palm Beach | Still Image | Merchants
Fieldwork
Community culture
Specialty stores
Stores, retail
Latinos
Selling
Signs (commercial)
Food industry and trade
Food | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
La Placita Grocery in West Palm Beach
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Six color slides. Catered primarily to Latino migrant farm workers. Images of the storefront and products sold. 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.
- Collection
| Linda Beth's Craft Store | Linda Beth's Craft Store | Still Image | Merchants
Fieldwork
Porches
Stores, retail
Craft
Architecture
Buildings
Signs (commercial)
Wood craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Nix Brothers Seafood and netmaking shop | Nix Brothers Seafood and netmaking shop | Still Image | Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Selling seafood
Netmaking
Dealers (Retail trade)
Fisheries
Community enterprise
Business
Occupational groups
Workplace
Merchants
Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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