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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

Date: 1954-05
Description: Eight black and white prints. P82-36 Thelma Boltin telling a "Jack tale". P82-37 Esther Joralau, a UF graduate student, performing a Filipino dance. P82-38 Group photo of festival (including Creek Indian Fred Beaver in center). P82-39 square dancers and string band. P82-40 Jump rope demonstration. P82-41 Quilters. P82-42 Anglo UF students performing a Mexican folk dance. P82-43 Irish jigs. Mary Kennedy Kane, center. May 1954. See S 1576, reels T76-1 through T76-9, for recordings of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival
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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape). 20 minutes. Nikitas and Toni Tsimouris: Nikitas performs on and Toni explains the tsabouna (Greek bagpipe); Seminole Family Camp - palm frond roofing, making ash, patchwork, dolls, sweetgrass basketry.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1989-01
Description: Eighteen color slides. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Date: 1989-01
Description: Thirteen color slides. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1950
Description: One color print. Located in envelope #2.
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Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Date: 1989-01
Description: Twenty-four color slides. Sisters Alice and Rosie billie pounding corn kernels into meal using a wooden mortar and pestle. The images were created in part for use in an exhibit on Seminole culture at the Museum of Florida History.
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Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Date: 1984-04-17
Description: Twenty color slides. Images of Seminole Alice Billie sewing traditional Seminole clothing at a Miami public library. Part of a National Endowment for the Arts funded folklife program, presented at various libraries across the state, using local talent. A few of the images of Billie sewing can be found on the Florida photographic Collection website.
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Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Date: 1982
Description: Thirty-seven color slides. Images are of Alice Osceola making a coil grass basket. Traditionally, Seminoles baskets were shallow and woven from palmetto fronds. Circa 1930, sweetgrass baskets, inspired perhaps by African American arts, were designed to represent 'authentic' Seminole culture for the tourist trade. Over time, they became traditional. 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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Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers

Date: 1983-05-04
Description: Three color slides. Taken at Native Village on Hwy 441 in Hollywood, Florida.
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Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Artisans Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Bagpipe music Tsabouna Arts, Greek Greek Americans Palm frond weaving Seminole Indians Native Americans Patchwork Dolls Sweetgrass baskets Basket making Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Whip making Whipcracking Native Americans Seminole Indians Bagpipe music Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Mikasuki Indians Indian reservations Architecture Community culture Dwellings Houses Aerial photographs	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Mikasuki Indians Indian reservations Architecture Community culture Dwellings Houses Aerial photographs	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival	Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Native Americans Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Clothing and dress Hats Patchwork	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn	Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn	Still Image	Seminole Indians Mikasuki Indians Corn Native Americans Indian reservations Food preparation Food habits Pestles Cooks	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library	Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library	Still Image	Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Sewing Native Americans Textiles Demonstrations Textile arts Clothing and dress Material culture Domestic arts Equipment, domestic arts Libraries Needleworkers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alice Osceola making a coil basket	Alice Osceola making a coil basket	Still Image	Seminole Indians Native Americans Indian reservations Basket making Basket work Basketry Sweetgrass baskets Sewing Material culture Demonstrations Basket maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers	Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers	Still Image	Fieldwork Alligators American alligator Animal trainers Animals Working animals Native Americans Seminole Indians Tourism Performers Wrestlers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers

Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers

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1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1954 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (4 of 17)

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Aerial images of Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Albert Devane with Seminoles Billy Bowlegs III and Josie Billie at the Florida Folk Festival

Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Alice Billie and Rosie Billie pounding corn

Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Alice Billie sewing in a Miami public library

Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Alice Osceola making a coil basket

Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers

Alligator wrestler Richard Bowers