15 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Oysters"
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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
Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman

Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman
Date
1983-01
Description
One black and white print.
Collection
Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman

Clams and oysters caught by Larry Hinman
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
Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making

Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making
Date
1985-05-24
Description
Sixteen color slides. Apprentice Rodney Richards and master Corky Richards, both of Apalachicola, demonstrate how to make oyster tongs at the Florida Folk Festival.
Collection
Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making

Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong making
Folklife Subject: Oystering

Folklife Subject: Oystering
Date
Description
Oysters are a Florida delicacy. Each year, Florida’s oyster fishers pull millions of dollars’ worth of these mollusks out of the water. Oystering is often a family affair, with skills and practices being passed down from generation to generation. Harvesting and processing the oysters calls for special tools and the ability to efficiently open the shells without damaging the delicate meat inside. Most oyster fishers develop their own distinctive techniques for tonging and shucking over time, and sometimes create new tools to aid their work.
Collection
Folklife Subject: Oystering

Folklife Subject: Oystering
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
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
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Clams and oysters caught by Larry HinmanClams and oysters caught by Larry HinmanStill ImageFishers
Fieldwork
Minorcan Americans
Oyster fisheries
Oysters
Clam fisheries
Clams
Fisheries
Fishes
Seafood industry		/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
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Oyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong makingOyster fishers demonstrate oyster tong makingStill ImageFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Material culture
Oyster industries
Oyster tongs
Seafood gathering
Occupational groups
Demonstrations
Fishing
Oysters
Metal craft
Tools
Fishers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
fls_oysteringFolklife Subject: OysteringInteractive ResourceOyster culture
Oysters
Oyster industry
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