| 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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| 1984 Florida Folk Festival | 1984 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Performing arts
Music
String bands
Woodwork
Musical ensembles | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
1984 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- Description
- One proof sheet with 33 black and white images. 1-2: Main stage perfromances 3-5: Funkaroos performing; 6-10: Bill Nichols demonstrating woodworking; 11-12: Burr Oak Elementary singing; 13-17: Green Grass Revival band on main stage during rain; 18: pottery craft area; 19: Travelling exhibit sign; 20-22: Tony and Lucy Lovelace performing; 23-24: Information booth; 25-26: Humane Society Booth; 27-28: Main stage 29-32: Green Grass Revival band on mainstage; 33: The Funkaroos backstage. Date: 27 May 1984.
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| Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams | Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams | Still Image | Material culture
Chairs
Furniture
Cornhusk craft
Domestic arts
Woodwork
Apprentices
Women apprentices
Fieldwork (educational method)
Craft
African Americans
Chair caning
Furniture maker
Chair-makers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annie Sellers learning how to make chairs from Rufus Adams
- Date
- 1988-03
- Description
- Seven black and white negatives. Rufus Adams and apprentice(stepdaughter) Annie Sellers making corn shuck bottomed chairs. Rufus Adams was born in Georgia in 1893. In 1940, Adams and his wife moved to Mayo, Florida. There he worked as a tenant tobacco farmer. From his wife he learned make corn shuck chair bottoms. He soon became known as the 'chair man.'
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| Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center | Still Image | Apprentices
Furniture
Furniture makers
Exhibits
Education
Woodwork
Teaching of folklore
Chair-makers
Wood craft
Photography
Baskets
Basket work
Oyster tongs | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apprenticeship exhibit at the Stephen Foster Center
- Date
- 1987-11
- Description
- Eight color slides. 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.
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| Baskets by Harlan Baxter | Baskets by Harlan Baxter | Still Image | Basket maker
Fieldwork
Basket work
Basket making
Decorative arts
Basketry
Material culture
Containers
Baskets
Woodwork
Sawmills | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Baskets by Harlan Baxter
- Date
- 1987-08
- Description
- Fifteen color slides. Two slides (S92-747 and 748) are of Baxter's own sawmill. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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| Bateau boat built by Mitch Free | Bateau boat built by Mitch Free | Still Image | Boats
Johnboats
Transportation
Boatbuilding
Material culture
Carpentry
Woodwork
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals | Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals | Still Image | Wood carvers
Carvers (Decorative artists)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Wood carving
Woodworking tools
Woodwork
Wood craft
Artisans
Tools
Demonstrations
Workshops | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| Billy Bryan's wood furniture | Billy Bryan's wood furniture | Still Image | Furniture maker
Loggers
Woodwork
Wood carving
Wood
Furniture
Household items
Material culture
Whittling
Wood craft | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Billy Bryan's wood furniture
- Date
- 1989-01
- Description
- Thirteen color slides. Images of Billy Bryan and examples of his wooden furniture.
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| Boat builder Glen Simmons on his Evergaldes skiff | Boat builder Glen Simmons on his Evergaldes skiff | Still Image | Fieldwork
Wetlands
Natural areas
National parks and reserves
Boats and boating
Skiffs
Transportation
Waterways
Wilderness areas
National protected areas systems
Woodwork
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat builder Glen Simmons on his Evergaldes skiff
- Date
- 1989-03-25
- Description
- Sixty color slides. Images of Simmons demonstrating his wooden skiff in the Everglades. Simmons was one of the last makers of wooden Everglades skiffs, which were used to fish and hunt in the shallow wetlands of South Florida. A self described 'gladesman,' Simmons grew up near the Everglades hunting, boating, and fishing. His skiff measures 18-18 feet, and are 2 feet wide. They are flat bottomed and propelled with use of a pole by a driver standing up in the boat's middle. Simmons began building them at age 12. He is also the author of a book, 'Gladesmen' from 1998. For an interview of Simmons, see S 1576, T86-2 and T86-3 (C86-48).
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| Boat builder Glen Simmons with his apprentice Donald Edward | Boat builder Glen Simmons with his apprentice Donald Edward | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boatbuilding
Skiffs
Transportation
Waterways
Boats and boating
Material culture
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Wood craft
Wetlands
Apprentices
Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat builder Glen Simmons with his apprentice Donald Edward
- Date
- 1992
- Description
- 121 color slides. Images of Simmons and Ogden building an Everglades skiff. Also of Simmons boating in the Everglades. For more information see S 1644, box 10, folder 11. 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 first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
- Collection
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