Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets | Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets | Still Image | Apprentices Diving Equipment and supplies Greek Americans Helmets Metal craft Sponge fisheries Workplace Workshops Teaching of folklore Copper Metal products Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets
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- 1986-02-24
- Description
- Thirty-four color slides. Lerios began making diving helmets for sponge divers in 1913 in Tarpon Springs. When he was in his 80s, he decided to retire. In the meantime, Toth, fresh with a degree from University of Florida, decided to learn the trade, and he worked as an apprentice for Lerios. By 1992 when Lerios died, Toth had assumed control of the business. Diving helmets date back to the early 1900s. Once Greek divers began diving for sponges in Tarpon Springs in 1905, the diving helmet industry in Florida began. The helmets allow divers to walk into deep water to gather sponges. For more history of Lerios and Toth diving helmets, see: http://www.divinghelmets.com/pages/history.html 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.
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Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Artwork by Pharaoh Baker | Still Image | Painters Sculptors Fieldwork Painting Art Decorative arts African Americans Material culture Sculpture Figurines Metal craft Metal sculpture Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Artwork by Pharaoh Baker
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- 1987-10
- Description
- Thirty color slides. Baker, whose first painting was a copy of a church hand fan for which he was paid five dollars when he a child, studied art at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He worked for years as a professional sign painter in Lake City and made emotionally charged and religiously influenced paintings and sculptures on the side. Folklorist Blanton Owen has described his work as 'blues on canvas'. Baker died in 2002. For an interview with Baker, S1576, box 11, C84-2. 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 project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Blacksmith Buddy Page at the 1990 Rural Folklife Days | Blacksmith Buddy Page at the 1990 Rural Folklife Days | Still Image | Blacksmiths Festivals Folk festivals Special events Metal craft Metal sculpture Tools Blacksmithing Anvils Occupational groups Demonstrations | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Buddy Page working at his barn | Blacksmith Buddy Page working at his barn | Still Image | Blacksmiths Fieldwork Blacksmithing Metal craft Occupational groups Barns Architecture Buildings Anvils Tools | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Jim Kirkland at work | Blacksmith Jim Kirkland at work | Still Image | Blacksmithing Tools Work Material culture Metal craft Occupational groups Blacksmiths | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Roger Neer in his workshop | Blacksmith Roger Neer in his workshop | Still Image | Blacksmiths Metal-workers Fieldwork Blacksmithing Metal craft Metalwork Occupational groups Workshops Workplace Tools Horseshoes Horse industry Horseshoers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Roger Neer in his workshop
- Date
- 1987-09-08
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Making and fitting hirseshoes. Neer grew up on a dairy farm in Ohio. Begn blacksmithing and horsehoeing in 1976. Moved to Florida in 1982. 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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Blacksmith Thomas Rains | Blacksmith Thomas Rains | Still Image | Blacksmithing Metal craft Horseshoes Occupational groups Work Labor Material culture Blacksmiths Horseshoers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Thomas Rains
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. December 1978. See also S 1577, Box 16, folders 102, 20, 58.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains | Blacksmith Thomas Rains | Still Image | African Americans Blacksmithing Work Occupational groups Metal craft Material culture Blacksmiths | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Thomas Rains
- Date
- Description
- Four black and white prints, with negatives. c. 1977 See also S 1577, Box 16, folders 102. 106, and 58.
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Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop | Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop | Still Image | Blacksmiths Fieldwork Blacksmithing Metal craft Occupational groups Tools Workshops Workplace Labor African Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop | Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop | Still Image | Blacksmithing African Americans Metal craft Occupational groups Material culture Workplace Tools Blacksmiths | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blacksmith Thomas Rains in his shop
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. Rains learned his craft from his father, who was a former slave. 1978 See also S 1577, box 16, folder 20, 102, 106
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