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Wright Tackle Shop

Date: 1980
Description: Nine color slides. Slide S82-1459 is missing.
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Wright Tackle Shop

Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Date: 1984-11-02
Description: Twenty color slides. Shows Hubert and workers making a shrimp net. Images were created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year until 2003.
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Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Date: 1988-04
Description: One proof sheet with 24 black and white prints (plus negatives). Bill Cooey, a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of the Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey began to learn the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. 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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Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Date: 1988
Description: Thirty-nine color slides. Bill Cooey, who has a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle. There, he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of the Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey began to learn the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. 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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Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carver Bobby Johns

Date: 1993
Description: Two color prints. Used for the 1993 Florida Folk Festival booklet.
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Wood carver Bobby Johns

Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Date: 1980
Description: Six color slides. Slides S82-1494, S82-1495, S82-1499 are missing.
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Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1958
Description: Seven black and white prints. Euline Jordan was from Pensacola.
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Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Date: 1981-01-19
Description: Twenty-one color slides.
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Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Date: 1980
Description: One black and white print.
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Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments

Date: 1980
Description: One black and white print.
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Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments

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Wright Tackle Shop	Wright Tackle Shop	Still Image	Fieldwork Fishers Fishing tackle Fishing rods Fishing reels Fishing weights Boats Occupational groups Workplace Johnboats Merchants	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Workers at Hubert's Net Shop	Workers at Hubert's Net Shop	Still Image	Net maker Merchants Fieldwork Workshops Netmaking Occupational groups Workplace Fishing nets Labor Workers Textiles Fishing Equipment and supplies Trawls and trawling	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey	Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey	Still Image	Apprentices Wood carving Teaching of folklore Decorative arts Craft Woodwork Woodworking tools Figurines Workshops Carpentry tools Pocketknives Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey	Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey	Still Image	Apprentices Wood carving Teaching of folklore Decorative arts Craft Woodwork Woodworking tools Figurines Workshops Carpentry tools Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wood carver Bobby Johns	Wood carver Bobby Johns	Still Image	Fieldwork Hats Carvers (Decorative artists) Jewelry Native Americans Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Whip handle maker D.G. Smith	Whip handle maker D.G. Smith	Still Image	Fieldwork Woodwork Whip making Whipcracking Whips Material culture Leather craft Leather goods Whip maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival	Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Demonstrations Women weavers Textile arts Folklore revival festivals Weaving Looms Material culture Weavers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival	Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Special events Folk festivals Festivals Arts, Asian Body movement Asian American arts Asians Clothing and dress Performing arts Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem	Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem	Still Image	Baskets Containers Material culture Basket making Craft Basket maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments	Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments	Still Image	Material culture Craft Miniatures Artisans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

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Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carver Bobby Johns

Wood carver Bobby Johns

Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments

Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments

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Wright Tackle Shop

Wright Tackle Shop

Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Workers at Hubert's Net Shop

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carvers Bill and Dale Cooey

Wood carver Bobby Johns

Wood carver Bobby Johns

Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Whip handle maker D.G. Smith

Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Weaver Euline Jordan at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival

Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival

Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Vietnamese baskets made by Tuyen Phem

Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments

Tuyen Phem with miniature musical instruments