| 1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | 1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs | Still Image | African Americans
Chairs
Furniture
Cornhusk craft
Material culture
Demonstrations
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Restaurants
Cabinetwork
Carpentry
Woodwork
Quilting
Quilts
Textile arts
Chair caning
Quiltmakers
Carpenters
Cabinetmakers
Furniture maker
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
- Date
- 1978-05
- Description
- Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
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| Allen's Historical Cafe | Allen's Historical Cafe | Still Image | Fieldwork
Restaurants
Architecture
Community enterprise
Business
Signs and signboards
Restaurateurs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Alvarez restaurant in Tampa | Alvarez restaurant in Tampa | Still Image | Stores, retail
Restaurants
African Americans
Architecture
Food | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Alvarez restaurant in Tampa
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. An unidentified African American male in front of the Alvarez restaurant in Tampa. 3 December 1979.
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| Antioch restaurant in Tampa | Antioch restaurant in Tampa | Still Image | Stores, retail
Architecture
Restaurants
Food
Advertising
Signs (commercial)
Economic practices | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Apalachicola sign art | Apalachicola sign art | Still Image | Fieldwork
Signs (commercial)
Signs and signboards
Art
Painting
Restaurants
Maritime life | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apalachicola sign art
- Date
- 1986-11-09
- Description
- Four color slides. 237: Sign on truck trailer; 238: Sign on building; 239-240: Painting on Water Street building. 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.
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| Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award | Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award | Still Image | Folklife
Bluegrass musicians
Old time music
Restaurants
Public officials
Special events
Awards
Historian
Restaurateurs
Authors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bluegrass music and Cracker culture promoter Carl Allen receiving Florida Folk Heritage Award
- Date
- 1990-03-17
- Description
- One proof sheet with seven black and white images, plus negatives. Images of Carl Allen receiving the Folk Heritage Award, presented by the Florida Folklife Program. Born 13 February 1918, Allen was awarded for his efforts to preserve "Cracker" culture through his restaurant and his newspaper columns. He also promoted bluegrass music throughout Florida with his restaurant, Allen's Historical Cafe, which featured live bluegrass music. 1-4: Rep. Fred Lewis, Carl Allen, and K. Monahan; 5: Rep. Fred Jones, Carl Allen, and Troy Green; 6-7: Carl Allen.
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| Chinese rice sculptures | Chinese rice sculptures | Still Image | Fieldwork
Sculpture
Asian Americans
Asian American arts
Asians
Arts, Asian
Cooks
Food
Rice
Restaurants
Sculptors
Artists | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Chinese rice sculptures
- Date
- 1988-06
- Description
- Nine color slides. Born in Taiwan, Chang constructed small sculptures from rice dough. For an interview with Chang, see S 1618, box 5, tape 1. 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.
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| Cooking swamp cabbage | Cooking swamp cabbage | Still Image | Cooks
Food
Food preparation
Cooking and dining
Occupational groups
Restaurants
Palms
Workplace
Fieldwork
Research methods
Cabbage palmetto
Cookery (cabbage) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cooking swamp cabbage
- Date
- 1983-07-28
- Description
- Five color slides. Field research for the 1983 Folk Arts in the Schools program. Images of a cook in a cafe cooking swamp cabbage.
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| Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant | Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant | Still Image | Fieldwork
Restaurants
Food
Food industry and trade
Cookery (Sugar)
Advertisements
Advertising | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Display of sugar products at a Clewiston restaurant
- Date
- 1987-10
- Description
- Three color slides. 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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| Epiphany Day Celebration in Tarpon Springs in 1985 | Epiphany Day Celebration in Tarpon Springs in 1985 | Still Image | Restaurants
Boats and boating
Greek Americans
Christianity
Special events
Religion
Religious rites
Food preparation
Holidays and festivals
Folk dance
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany Day Celebration in Tarpon Springs in 1985
- Date
- 1985-01-06
- Description
- Nine black and white images, plus negatives. Images of the Epiphany Day celebration held each 6 Janaury in Tarpon Springs, which boasts a large Greek American population. Images include sponge boats, people cooking lambs, dances, and Nicklis Olympic Restaurant. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Chrisitan rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas.
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