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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Geographic Term is exactly "Defuniak Springs (Fla.)"
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard
Date
1994
Description
Two color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboard
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home
Date
1994
Description
Nine color prints. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home

Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his home
Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick
Date
1994
Description
One audio cassette. Created for nomination for a Florida Folk Heritage Award. McCormick, a Creek Indian from a sharecropper family in Alabama and Georgia, played country and Hawaiian music in the 1930s. He gave famed country star Hank Williams his first job, and they remained lifelong friends. He also invented and patented the four-necked steel guitar. (Steel guitars at the time were also called Hawaiian guitars.) He won the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Award.
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Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick

Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick
Forest industries in North Florida

Forest industries in North Florida
Date
1989-01
Description
Two proof sheets with 64 black and images, plus negatives. Found in envelope 2. Proof sheet 1: 5-20: Mr. Nachtrab's cypress furniture workshop in Jackson County; 21-36: Woodwork by Pete Moitoee of Defuniak Springs. Proof sheet 2: 7-28: Lumber mill in Harold, Florida; 29-36: Woodwork by Ray Congleton of Cantonment, Florida, including ox carts and chairs.
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Forest industries in North Florida

Forest industries in North Florida
Wisteria basket

Wisteria basket
Date
1987
Description
Seven color slides. 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 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.
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Wisteria basket

Wisteria basket
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboardCountry musician Neal Pappy McCormick and daughter Juanealya with his billboardStill ImageSingers
Creek Indians
Billboards
Signs (commercial)
Signs and signboards
Native Americans
Country music
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Country musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his homeCountry musician Neal Pappy McCormick playing the steel guitar in his homeStill ImageSingers
Creek Indians
Hawaiian guitar
String instruments
Musical instruments
Native Americans
Offices
Awards
Country music
Hats
Steel guitars
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1603_04_04_tape01Demo tape for Country musician Neal Pappy McCormickSoundSingers
Creek Indians
Sound recordings
Songs
Steel guitars
Native Americans
Country music
Singing
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Forest industries in North FloridaForest industries in North FloridaStill ImageCarpenters
Sawmill workers
Furniture maker
Material culture
Wood craft
Woodwork
Woodworking tools
Workshops
Cypress
Furniture
Chairs
Sawmills
Sawmilling
Workers
Workplace
Lumber trade		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wisteria basketWisteria basketStill ImageBasket maker
Fieldwork
Basket work
Basketry
Material culture
Decorative arts
Baskets		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg