| Arthur Bailey inspecting and marking a logging site | Arthur Bailey inspecting and marking a logging site | Still Image | Loggers
Fieldwork
Forests and forestry
Flora
Occupational groups
Workplace
Trees
Timber
Pine
Nature
Labor | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Arthur Bailey inspecting and marking a logging site
- Date
- 1989-01
- Description
- Twenty-one color slides. Bailey was a timber cruiser --a person hired by a wood products company, or a government employee, who locates standing crops of timber and estimates their yield of lumber.
- Collection
| Basket maker Jean Clark and her work | Basket maker Jean Clark and her work | Still Image | Basket maker
Fieldwork
Palms
Trees
Material culture
Workshops
Basket work
Basket making
Workplace
Decorative arts
Basketry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Basket maker Jean Clark and her work
- Date
- 1986-12-31
- Description
- Eighteen color slides. Images are very dark and difficult to see. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| Beekeeper Al Ballard | Beekeeper Al Ballard | Still Image | Beekeepers
Fieldwork
Bee culture
Beekeeping
Occupational groups
Insects
Citrus
Trees
Beehives
Workers
Labor | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Beekeeper Al Ballard
- Date
- 1988-01-27
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. Ballard was born in Myakka City, where his family dates back to 1860. His father was a beekepper, and when Al retired from the U.S. Army in 1978, he began beekeeping. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant,the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Beekeeper Al Ballard | Beekeeper Al Ballard | Still Image | Beekeepers
Fieldwork
Bee culture
Beekeeping
Occupational groups
Insects
Citrus
Trees
Beehives
Workers
Labor | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Beekeeper Al Ballard
- Date
- 1988-01-27
- Description
- One proof with 21 black and white images (plus negatives). Ballard was born in Myakka City, where his family dates back to 1860. His father was a beekepper, and when Al retired from the U.S. Army in 1978, he began beekeeping. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant,the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Fishes
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Rivers
Waterways
Transportation
Oral performance
Nature
Fauna
Flora
Birds
Trees
Amusement parks
Wildlife watching industry
Occupational groups
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Eighty-one color slides. Images of Wakulla Springs boat drivers. Glass bottom boat tour over the deep springs had been going on since the late 1800s. Many of these drivers are descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Drivers pictured: George Bower(640-657, 813-814); Jackson (765-781); Moretz (784-785); and Gavin (790-793). Henry the fish pictured in 759-763, 781. Also includes are images of the river, alligators, fish, cypress trees, and plant life.
- Collection
| Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Boat tours at Homosassa Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Springs
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Rivers
Waterways
Transportation
Oral performance
Nature
Fauna
Flora
Birds
Trees
Amusement parks
Wildlife watching industry
Occupational groups
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Homosassa Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Forty-two color slides. Images of Homosassa Springs boat tours and drivers. Homosassa Springs has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s. The incarnation of the attraction seen in these images dates from the 1960s. (The area is now a Florida state park.) Images are of the boat drivers ( Richard Strube, Cecil Johnson and Raymond Thompson) and the facilties, springs, fish, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1576, box 5.
- Collection
| Boat tours at Silver Springs | Boat tours at Silver Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Springs
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Rivers
Waterways
Transportation
Oral performance
Nature
Fauna
Flora
Birds
Trees
Amusement parks
Wildlife watching industry
Occupational groups
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat tours at Silver Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Sixty-five color slides. Images are of Silver Springs boat tours and boat drivers. The springs are one of the oldest roadside attractions in Florida. Developed formally in the 1920s, boat tours have been given since the mid-1800s by local residents. Images include the boat drivers: David Faison (821-826, 850-858); Utz (827-847), Klotz (848-849, 859-867); and Jokler (868-875); as well as the boats, springs, park facilities, and tourists. Recordings of these tours can be found in S 1577.
- Collection
| Bottle tree in Dunn's Creek | Bottle tree in Dunn's Creek | Still Image | Fieldwork
Trees
Bottles
Containers
Glassware
Stained glass
Decorative arts
Domestic arts
Material culture | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bottle tree in Dunn's Creek
- Date
- 1985-01
- Description
- Seven color slides. A bottle tree is made when one places bottles on the ends of a bare tree's branches. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Citrus grove on SR 29 | Citrus grove on SR 29 | Still Image | Fieldwork
Roads
Citrus
Citrus fruit industry
Trees
Fauna
Agriculture
Plants | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Citrus grove on SR 29
- Date
- 1987
- Description
- Three color slides. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
- Collection
| Citrus harvesters at work | Citrus harvesters at work | Still Image | Harvesting
Trees
Farm workers
Occupational groups
Labor
Farming
Farm life
Agriculture
Cash crops
Fruit
Oranges
Citrus fruit industry
Orange industry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Citrus harvesters at work
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. Karl Holland was the photographer for the Florida Dept. of Commerce.
- Collection
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