| Street vendor Tommy Walton with apprentice James Watson | Street vendor Tommy Walton with apprentice James Watson | Still Image | Apprentices
African Americans
Teaching of folklore
Selling
Oral communication
Oral performance
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Street vendor Tommy Walton with apprentice James Watson
- Date
- 1989-08
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Tommy Walton sold hot dogs at the local baseball stadium. He would sing, dance, and tell stories while he sold the food. He often played at the Florida Folk Festival. For more information on Watson, see S 1640, box 9, folder 4. 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.
- Collection
| Barbeque stand | Barbeque stand | Still Image | Barbecue cookery
Vending stands
Selling
African Americans
Food industry and trade
Cooking and dining
Food preparation
Community enterprise
Cooks
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Barbeque stand
- Date
- 1985-09-07
- Description
- Ten color slides. Images of a barbeque run by Dawson in Goulds, a predominately African American community in Dade County. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Images of the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Basket maker
Weavers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Vending stands
Hammer dulcimer
African Americans
Basket making
Basket work
Sweetgrass baskets
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park | Still Image | Entertainers
Singers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Classrooms
Education
Teaching of folklore
Elementary schools
Schools
Students
Children
Street vendors
Local history
Demonstrations
African Americans
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
William (Washboard Bill) Cooke talking to students in Lake Park
- Date
- 1988-02-04
- Description
- Four color slides. Cooke, born July 4 1905 near St. Augustine, spent much of his life performing: in jook joints, on the street, on trains, and later in some of the top clubs of South Florida. In these images, he talks with elementary students about his career and music. 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.
- Collection
| Food street vendor | Food street vendor | Still Image | Fieldwork
Selling
Food industry and trade
Signs (commercial)
Cookery (Sausages)
Sausages
Food preparation
Merchants
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Food street vendor
- Date
- 1994-01-28
- Description
- One proof sheet and 25 black and white images (plus negatives).
- Collection
| Homemade ice cream vendor | Homemade ice cream vendor | Still Image | Fieldwork
Selling
Food industry and trade
Signs (commercial)
Desserts
Ice cream, ices, etc.
Ice cream cones
Merchants
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Homemade ice cream vendor
- Date
- 1994-01-28
- Description
- One proof sheet and 8 black and white images (plus negatives).
- Collection
| a_s1640_20_tape30 | Recording of James Watson hawking | Sound | Fieldwork
Demonstrations
Sound recordings
Selling
Occupational groups
Occupational folklore
African Americans
Oral performance
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of James Watson hawking
- Date
- 1989
- Description
- One audio cassette. James learned street hawking as an apprentice from a ballpark hotdog seller and frequent festival performer Thomas Watson. For more information on the Watsons, see S 1640, box 9, folder 4. 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.
- Collection
| Roadside boiled peanut stand | Roadside boiled peanut stand | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cookery (Peanuts)
Peanuts
Dealers (Retail trade)
Street vendors
Community enterprise
Boiling (Cookery)
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Cooks
Merchants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Roadside boiled peanut stand
- Date
- 1985-09-10
- Description
- Eleven color slides. Roadside boiled peanut stand on Heckscher Drive in North Jacksonville. 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.
- Collection
| Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanuts | Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanuts | Still Image | Fieldwork
Cookery (Peanuts)
Peanuts
Cooking and dining
Food
Food industry and trade
Food preparation
Boiling (Cookery)
Outdoor cookery
Community enterprise
Dealers (Retail trade)
Selling
Street vendors
Shrimps
Fishing baits
Fishing tackle
Cooks
Merchants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Street vendor Jim Goddard selling bait, tackle, and boiled peanuts
- Date
- 1988-06
- Description
- Twenty color slides. For an interview with Goddard, see S 1618, box 5, tape 4. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_43_d94-026 | Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 2) | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Dance music
Accordion music
Steel guitars
Guitar music
African Americans
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Fiddle music
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Accordionists
Bands (Music)
Street vendors | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 2)
- Date
- 1994-05-28
- Description
- One digital audio tape (DAT). Paine served as emcee. The Celestial Railroad consisted of Lo Gordon (banjo), Mary Gordon (guitar), Matt Gardner (bass), and Tim Gardner (fiddle). Steel guitarist McCormick lived in Defuniak Springs. Street vendor-guitarist Walton was from St. Petersburg. Accordionist Gianaros lived in Tarpon Springs. Walton, McCormick and Gianaros were all 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award Winners. Paine played between sets, first on mandolin with guitarist Dave Dowling; then with Dia Browning (fiddle), Schmidt (banjo), and Peter Martin (dulcimer). Fiddler Baldwin played with Dave Massey (guitar), Marrietta Massey (banjo), Dwight Devane (fiddle), David Borland (guitar), and Bill martin (fiddle/banjo). Their performances continued on D94-27.
- Collection
Listen: The Folk Program
