| 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
- Date
- 1976-10-23
- Description
- 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.
- Collection
| 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
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| 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
- Date
- 1989-06-24
- Description
- 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
- Date
- Description
- One photographic proof sheet with 25 black and white images. Also included are a few images of Tarpon Springs sponge boats. December 1978.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t81-102 | Bob and Mae Noell interview for the Florida Home Radio Project | Sound | Fieldwork
Medicine shows
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Comedy
Singing
Pianists
Performing arts
Piano music
Traveling shows
Oral histories
Magic tricks
Family history
Performers
Entertainers
Comedians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| 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
- Date
- 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.
- Collection
| Diving for the gold cross during the Feast of the Epiphany | Diving for the gold cross during the Feast of the Epiphany | Still Image | Holidays and festivals
Religious rites
Diving
Special events
Christianity
Religion
Epiphany
Catholics
Calendar rites | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Diving for the gold cross during the Feast of the Epiphany
- Date
- 1977-01-06
- Description
- Black and white print. Copyrighted photogrpah by the newspaper Clearwater Sun. Greek American males diving for a gold cross during an Feast of the Epiphany celebration. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas (on 6 January). Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community.
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| Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Holidays and festivals
Greek Americans
Religious rites
Epiphany
Christianity
Catholics
Special events
Priests
Parades
Community culture
Community rites | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs
- Date
- 1985-01-06
- Description
- 86 color slides. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Images created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. For more slides of this event, see S 1577, v. 33. 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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| Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Greek Americans
Religious rites
Holidays and festivals
Dancers
Folk dance
Arts, Greek
Christianity
Music performance
Priests
Religion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs
- Date
- 1985-01-06
- Description
- 88 color slides. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community. Images 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, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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| Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, 1990 | Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, 1990 | Still Image | Holidays and festivals
Greek Americans
Religious rites
Catholics
Diving
Community culture
Community rites
Religion
Priests
Christianity
Food preparation
Dance
Special events | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs, 1990
- Date
- 1990-01-06
- Description
- Five proof sheet with 180 black and white images (plus negatives.) Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ,thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community.
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