43 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Merchants"
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Wright Tackle Shop

Wright Tackle Shop

Date
1980
Description
Nine color slides. Slide S82-1459 is missing.
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Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Date
1984-11-02
Description
Twenty color slides. Shows Hubert and workers making a shrimp net. Images were created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
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Workers at a fish house in Port St. Joe

Workers at a fish house in Port St. Joe

Date
1985
Description
Ten color slides. Taken at Wood's Fresh and Frozen fish house. Photos taken during fieldwork for video documentary on Florida shrimping called Fishing All My Days, and was made by the Florida Folklife Program, and the University of Florida (WUFT-TV).
Collection
Wilson Coxwell make rope for fishing

Wilson Coxwell make rope for fishing

Date
1980
Description
Five color slides.
Collection
Trembley Boats and Repair

Trembley Boats and Repair

Date
1984-11
Description
Eleven color slides. Images created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
Collection
Tommy Jumper making and selling baskets at her chickee

Tommy Jumper making and selling baskets at her chickee

Date
1982
Description
Twenty color slides. Images of Jumper selling items at her chickee and demonstrating sweetgrass basket making. Slide 680 is of Bert Billie. 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 on 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.
Collection
Tatooist Jon Fort in his shop

Tatooist Jon Fort in his shop

Date
1980
Description
Twenty color slides. Fort creating tattoos, as well as drawings he uses as guides for tattooing. Images demonstrate the process and tools used in tattoo artistry.
Collection
Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shop

Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shop

Date
1985-07-10
Description
Fourteen color slides. (Slide 5019 is missing.) Puig cutting patterns and sewing in his tailor shop. He is making Guayaberas (short-sleeved men's shirts with embroidery that originated in Cuba.) His shop was called La Casa de Las Guayaberas. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 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
Student folklore presentations

Student folklore presentations

Date
1987-12
Description
Fifteen color slides. Students presenting their own folk art. 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.
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Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanuts

Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanuts

Date
1988-06
Description
Twenty color slides. For an interview with Goddard, see S 1618, box 5, tape 4. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. 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, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Wright Tackle ShopWright Tackle ShopStill ImageFieldwork
Fishers
Fishing tackle
Fishing rods
Fishing reels
Fishing weights
Boats
Occupational groups
Workplace
Johnboats
Merchants
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Workers at Hubert's Net ShopWorkers at Hubert's Net ShopStill ImageNet maker
Merchants
Fieldwork
Workshops
Netmaking
Occupational groups
Workplace
Fishing nets
Labor
Workers
Textiles
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Trawls and trawling
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Workers at a fish house in Port St. JoeWorkers at a fish house in Port St. JoeStill ImageFishers
Merchants
Fieldwork
Seafood industry
Selling seafood
Retail trade
Dealers (Retail trade)
Workplace
Occupational groups
Machinery
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Buildings
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Wilson Coxwell make rope for fishingWilson Coxwell make rope for fishingStill ImageFieldwork
Rope
Ropework
Cordage
Workshops
Workplace
Fishing tackle
Merchants
Ropemakers
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Trembley Boats and RepairTrembley Boats and RepairStill ImageBoatbuilders
Fieldwork
Boatbuilding
Business
Boating industry
Boats
Transportation
Merchants
Material culture
Woodwork
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Tommy Jumper making and selling baskets at her chickeeTommy Jumper making and selling baskets at her chickeeStill ImageSeminole Indians
Native Americans
Mikasuki Indians
Indian reservations
Basket making
Stores, retail
Community enterprise
Basket work
Sweetgrass baskets
Demonstrations
Selling
Material culture
Craft
Merchants
Basket maker
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Tatooist Jon Fort in his shopTatooist Jon Fort in his shopStill ImageFieldwork
Tattoo
Decorative arts
Body art
Body painting
Design
Occupational groups
Workplace
Tools
Merchants
Tattoo artists
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Tailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shopTailor Ramon Puig in his Guayabera shirt shopStill ImageFieldwork
Clothing
Clothing and dress
Guayabera shirts
Shirts, Mens
Mens shirt industry
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Clothing trade
Tailoring
Occupational groups
Workplace
Merchants
Tailors
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Student folklore presentationsStudent folklore presentationsStill ImageMerchants
Executives
Fieldwork
Teaching of folklore
Students
Elementary schools
Demonstrations
Classrooms
Children
Education
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Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanutsStreet vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanutsStill ImageFieldwork
Cookery (Peanuts)
Peanuts
Cooking and dining
Food
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Boiling (Cookery)
Outdoor cookery
Community enterprise
Dealers (Retail trade)
Selling
Street vendors
Shrimps
Fishing baits
Fishing tackle
Cooks
Merchants
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