| Boat Driver George Bower river tour at Wakulla Springs | Boat Driver George Bower river tour at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Boats
Tourism
Tourists
Springs
Waterways
Rivers
Flora
Fauna
Oral performance
Alligators
Anhinga
Birds
Landscape
Ecotourism
Wildlife watching industry
Storytellers
Storytelling
Workplace
Workers
Occupational groups
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Boat Driver George Bower river tour at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of a boat at Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction located just south of Tallahassee. These images document George Bowers, originally of Macon, Georgia, giving a river boat tour. This tour travelled a mile or so down the Wakulla River to showcase the natural fauna and flora of the springs. In 1986, the site became a state park. 1-3, 5-8, 10-12, 15-18, 21-23: Geroge Bower giving tour; 4, 13-14: Alligator on river; 9: Anhinga (snake bird/water turkey); 19: Tarzan tree; 20: River view: 24-31: Springs and the tour boats: 32-36: Equipment in boat. Date: Fall 1980.
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| Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourists
Tourism
Ecotourism
African Americans
Fishes
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Rivers
Waterways
Transportation
Oral performance
Nature
Fauna
Flora
Birds
Trees
Amusement parks
Wildlife watching industry
Occupational groups
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat drivers at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Eighty-one color slides. Images of Wakulla Springs boat drivers. Glass bottom boat tour over the deep springs had been going on since the late 1800s. Many of these drivers are descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Drivers pictured: George Bower(640-657, 813-814); Jackson (765-781); Moretz (784-785); and Gavin (790-793). Henry the fish pictured in 759-763, 781. Also includes are images of the river, alligators, fish, cypress trees, and plant life.
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| Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Boat tours at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Boats
Boats and boating
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Glass bottom boats
Fishes
Rivers
Springs
Transportation
Docks
Waterways
Tour guides (Persons)
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tourists
Hotels
Alligators
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Boat tours at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980-10
- Description
- Seventy-seven color slides. Images of boat tours at Wakulla Springs, a tourist attraction dating back to the 1930s. Many of the tours and features (such as the pole vaulting fish, a bass fish which rubs its gills on a wooden pole in the spring) date back to the 1800s. Images include the river, fauna and flora, the springs, the boat drivers and their boats, and the attraction's 1938 lodge. (Today the area is a state park.) Most of these images are duplicated in S 1577, v. 7, S81-741 - S81-820.
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| Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Tourism
Tourists
Ecotourism
Oral performance
Boats
Transportation
Parks
Rivers
Waterways
Storytellers
Storytelling
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Boatdriver George Bower giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- Description
- One black and white print. George Bower, of Macon, Georgia, giving a boat tour at Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction located a few miles south of Tallahassee. Opened in the 1930s, the site became a state park in 1986.
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| Filming Airport '77 at Wakulla Springs | Filming Airport '77 at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | Motion pictures
Motion picture locations
Entertainment
Actors
Springs
Land use
Motion picture studios | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
| a_s1576_t81-002 | Glass bottom boat tour and interview with Donald "Frog" Edwards for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Field recordings
Boating
Ecotourism
Tourism workers
Tour guides
Boat operators
Interviews
Occupational folklore
Springs
Excursion boats | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour and interview with Donald "Frog" Edwards for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Edwards. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, Henry the pole vaulting fish, and other natural features. Afterwards, he gives a brief interview in which he talks about working at Wakulla, past work experience, the other boat guides, Henry the pole-vaulting fish, and how he learned the trade. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of some of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
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| a_s1576_t81-010 | Glass bottom boat tour by George Bower at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat driver
Orators
Field recordings
Boats and boating
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
Waterways
Occupational folklore
Glass bottom boats
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour by George Bower at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-09
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Bower. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, Henry the pole vaulting fish, and other natural features. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of some of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
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| a_s1576_t81-004 | Glass bottom boat tour by Wilbert Gavin at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey | Sound | Boat operators
Field recordings
Boating
Ecotourism
Tourism workers
Springs
Interviews
Occupational folklore
Excursion boats
Tour guides | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Glass bottom boat tour by Wilbert Gavin at Wakulla Springs for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
- Date
- 1980-11-08
- Description
- One reel to reel. Features a glass-bottom boat tour spiel conducted by Gavin. He discusses various animals, birds, and trees on the tour, history of the attraction, legends of the springs, Henry the pole vaulting fish, and other natural features. Boat tours have been given at the springs on since the late 1800s. Many of the 1980s drivers were descendents of those early drivers, and provide some of the same folk tales. One tale/feature was Henry the Pole Vaulting Fish, a bass fish that jumped over a pole (actually scratching its gills). The springs was developed as a tourist attraction in the 1930s (and became a Florida state park in 1987.) Images of some of the drivers can be found in S 1577, v. 7.
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| Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs | Still Image | African Americans
Boats and boating
Narratives
Tall tales
Storytelling
Storytellers
Oral performance
Oral communication
Rivers
Springs
Tourism
Workplace
Workers
Labor
Glass bottom boats
Ecotourism
Wildlife watching industry
Boat driver
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Hawk Jackson giving boat tour at Wakulla Springs
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- Black and white 9.5 x 14 inch mounted photographic print. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist located just south of Tallahassee that offered boat tours and lodging. One of the features on the tours was Henry the Fish, a bass fish that would appear to jump over a pole when called. Hawk Jackson died in 2001.
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| a_s1576_t83-141 | Interview with Wakulla Springs glass-bottom boat driver Luke Smith | Sound | Fieldwork
Glass bottom boats
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Tourism
Tours
Boat drivers
Boats and boating
Springs
Attractions
Interviews
African Americans
Oral histories
Life histories
Occupational folklore
Occupational training
Poetic language
Family history
Local history
Boat driver
Orators
Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Wakulla Springs glass-bottom boat driver Luke Smith
- Date
- 1981
- Description
- Two reel to reels. Interview begins on T83-142. Luke Smith drove boats at Wakulla Springs (a tourist attraction located near Tallahassee) from the 1920s through the early 1980s. In the interview, he discusses creating boat tours, his family history, how he learned the tours and taught others, the history of the attraction, and Rainbow Springs boat driver Skipper Lockett.
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