a_s1576_01_c77-002 | Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi | Sound | Performers Bands (Music) Animal trainers Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian Americans Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Interviews Gospel songs Local history Religious music Arts, Greek Greek Americans Czechoslovakian Americans Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi
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- 1976-10-23
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- Two audio cassettes. A glendi is a Greek festival, which can take the form of a fair or festival. Recording of a glendi in Tarpon Spring, including church choirs, interviews with Czechoslovakian and Greek residents, Greek and Czechoslovakian singers, and an interview with the chairman of Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Side two is blank.
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Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets | Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets | Still Image | Apprentices Diving Equipment and supplies Greek Americans Helmets Metal craft Sponge fisheries Workplace Workshops Teaching of folklore Copper Metal products Artisans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Antonio Lerios and apprentice Nick Toth making dive helmets
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- 1986-02-24
- Description
- Thirty-four color slides. Lerios began making diving helmets for sponge divers in 1913 in Tarpon Springs. When he was in his 80s, he decided to retire. In the meantime, Toth, fresh with a degree from University of Florida, decided to learn the trade, and he worked as an apprentice for Lerios. By 1992 when Lerios died, Toth had assumed control of the business. Diving helmets date back to the early 1900s. Once Greek divers began diving for sponges in Tarpon Springs in 1905, the diving helmet industry in Florida began. The helmets allow divers to walk into deep water to gather sponges. For more history of Lerios and Toth diving helmets, see: http://www.divinghelmets.com/pages/history.html 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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Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Still Image | Arts, Greek Greek Americans Priests Religion Religious rites Beliefs and cultures Death rites Catholics Folk festivals Special events | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Water for the Dead
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- 1989-06-24
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- Twenty color slides. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Still Image | Entertainers Performers Performing arts African Americans Guitarists Guitar Blues (Music) Guitar music String instruments Boats and boating Sponges Guitarist Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues guitarist Blind Johnny Brown
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- One photographic proof sheet with 25 black and white images. Also included are a few images of Tarpon Springs sponge boats. December 1978.
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Blues singer and guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Blues singer and guitarist Blind Johnny Brown | Still Image | Fieldwork African Americans Singers Performers Musicians Guitarists String instruments Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blues singer Rosa Williams | Blues singer Rosa Williams | Still Image | Fieldwork African Americans Singers Performers Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boatbuilder Marvin Thomas | Boatbuilder Marvin Thomas | Still Image | Fieldwork Docks Boats Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishers Mullet fisheries Shrimpers (persons) Transportation Maritime life Occupational groups Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boatbuilder Marvin Thomas
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- 1984-12
- Description
- Twenty color slides. Thomas on a shrimp boat and mullet boat he built. Hamilton owned both boats. 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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Boats built by Marvin Thomas | Boats built by Marvin Thomas | Still Image | Woodworkers Carpenters Fieldwork Boats Boatbuilding Material culture Woodwork Vehicles Carpentry Fish traps Trawls and trawling Boatbuilders | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boats built by Marvin Thomas
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- 1984-04
- Description
- One proof sheet with ten images, and thirteen black and white prints, plus negatives. Images, created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program, were of Thomas' boats as well as crab traps and trawls. 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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Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris | Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris | Still Image | Fieldwork Bouzouki Greek Americans Arts, Greek Musical instruments Music performance Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris
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- 1987-01
- Description
- One proof sheet with 11 black and white images (plus negatives). 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 through 2003.
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Carl Hanson and his apprentice Jason Keil tying fly fishing lines | Carl Hanson and his apprentice Jason Keil tying fly fishing lines | Still Image | Artisans Fieldwork Fly fishing Saltwater fly fishing Fishing Equipment and supplies Fishing tackle Material culture Craft Fishing lures Apprentices Fishers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Carl Hanson and his apprentice Jason Keil tying fly fishing lines
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- 1989-08
- Description
- Seventy-seven color slides. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Hanson grew up in Rockport, Massachusetts, where he learned to tie fly fish lines from his grandfather. Saltwater fly fishing became popular in Florida in the 1960s. 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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