15 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Oysters"
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Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson

Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson
Date
1986-11-06
Description
100 color slides. Images of oysterers Folsom and Anderson fishing for oyster from their oyster skiffs in Apalachicola Bay. Traces the process from leaving the dock to bringing the catch back to the seafood dealer. Includes a few images of folkorist David Taylor. For his images of Folsom and Anderson, see S 1577, v. 45. 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.
Collection
Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson

Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson
Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson

Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson
Date
1986-11-06
Description
Seven contact sheets with 252 black and white images; plus negatives and logs. Images are of oyster fishers Folsom and Anderson fishing for oysters from their oyster skiffs in Apalachicola Bay. Traces the process from leaving the dock to bringing the catch back to the seafood dealer. Includes images of folkorists Taylor and Nusz interviewing and observing Folsom and Anderson. For more images of Folsom and Anderson, see S 1577, v. 45 and 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.
Collection
Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson

Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus Anderson
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company

Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company
Date
1986-11-13
Description
Thirteen color slides. To shuck an oyster means to remove the meat of the oyster from its shell. This was often done before the product was shipped to seafood dealers and restaurants. 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.
Collection
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company

Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company

Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company
Date
1986-11-13
Description
Four contact sheets with 139 black and white images; plus negatives and logs. To shuck an oyster means to remove the meat of the oyster from its shell. This was often done before the product was shipped to seafood dealers and restaurants. Sheets in envelope 31 feature images of folklorists Hepburn, Taylor, and Loomis talking with and taking slides of fish house workers. Collector Hepburn was from Dept. of Community Affairs, and joined the project after it began. 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.
Collection
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company

Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood Company
Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1988-05-23
Description
Six color slides. Images of Diana Light shucking (shelling) oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival.
Collection
Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival

Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival
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Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus AndersonOyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus AndersonStill ImageFieldwork
Oysters
Oyster fisheries
Oyster tongs
Boats and boating
Fishing
Maritime life
Occupational groups
Seafood gathering
Work
Workplace
Labor
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Oyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus AndersonOyster fishers Ken Folsom and Cletus AndersonStill ImageFieldwork
Oysters
Oyster fisheries
Oyster tongs
Boats and boating
Fishing
Maritime life
Occupational groups
Seafood gathering
Work
Workplace
Labor
Interviewing
Folklorists
Fishers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood CompanyOyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood CompanyStill ImageFieldwork
Oyster shucking
Blue collar workers
Community enterprise
Maritime life
Oysters
Work
Workplace
Food preparation
Seafood
Labor
Occupational groups
Seafood industry
Fisheries processing
Fishery processing plants
Employees
Shuckers
Workers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Oyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood CompanyOyster shuckers at D. W. Wilson Seafood CompanyStill ImageFieldwork
Oyster shucking
Blue collar workers
Community enterprise
Maritime life
Oysters
Work
Workplace
Food preparation
Seafood
Labor
Occupational groups
Folklorists
Photography
Research methods
Fishery processing plants
Fisheries processing
Employees
Shuckers
Workers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Shucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk FestivalShucking oysters at the 1988 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageFishers
Seafood
Oysters
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Food
Food preparation
Demonstrations
Occupational groups
Food industry and trade
Oysters shucking		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg