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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Woodcarvers"
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Jesse J. Aaron interview

Jesse J. Aaron interview
Date
1977-01-16
Description
One audio cassette. Interview reveals Aaron turned 90 on June 10, 1977. He had been carving for eight years. He discusses the craft, including tools used such as chisels, chain saws, and hatchets in his sculpting. Recorded during a photo session for Jacksonville's Florida-Times Union. Technical problems with tape.
Collection
Jesse J. Aaron interview

Jesse J. Aaron interview
Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Date
1986-09-14
Description
Three audio cassettes. A former construction worker who was born in Boynton Beach, Rudd built wicker furniture from cypress. Originally the cypress was local, but as development increased, he began acquiring the wood areas north of him. Few power tools were used to make the furniture. In the interview he discusses his father's furniture making career; types of furniture made; tools used; selling furniture; growing during the Depression in South Florida; Cedar Key; the loss of timber sources; the Florida East Coast railway; his career in the US Navy; frog and alligator hunting; snakes; and furniture made from grapevine.
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Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_01_c77-006Jesse J. Aaron interviewSoundInterviews
Oral narratives
Sculpting
Woodcarvers
Folk art
Tools
Field recordings		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1685_07_tape08Robert James Rudd interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundFurniture makers
Woodcarvers
Field recordings
Furniture
Wicker furniture
Interviews
Woodworking shops
Carpentry
Chairs
Cypress trees
Oral narratives
Great Depression
Hunting
Local history		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg