| 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
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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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| 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
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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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| Wakulla River | Wakulla River | Still Image | Rivers
Waterways
Landscape
Flora
Fauna | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wakulla River
- Date
- 1982-10
- Description
- One black and white print.
- Collection
| Wakulla Springs boat tours | Wakulla Springs boat tours | Still Image | Tourism
Tourists
Boats and boating
Waterways
Rivers
Springs
Flora
Fauna
African Americans
Oral performance
Glass bottom boats
Ecotourism
Wildlife watching industry
Folklore
Storytellers
Storytelling
Workplace
Occupational groups
Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wakulla Springs boat tours
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction 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. In 1986, the site became a state park. Hawk Jackson died in 2001. 1-19: Boatdriver Wilbert Gavin giving a river boat tour; 20-36: Boatdriver Hawk Jackson giving a glass bottom boat tour over Wakulla Springs.
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| Wakulla Springs tourist attraction | Wakulla Springs tourist attraction | Still Image | Tourism
Boats
Springs
Transportation
Waterways
Tourists
Buildings
Architecture
Park lodging facilities
Hotels
Fishes
African Americans
Oral performance
Ecotourism
Glass bottom boats
Wildlife watching industry
Storytellers
Storytelling
Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Wakulla Springs tourist attraction
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. Images of Wakulla Springs, a popular tourist attraction 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. In 1986, the site became a state park. Hawk Jackson died in 2001. 1-11: Boat driver Hawk Jackson giving a glass boat tour; 12-15: Wakulla Springs Lodge; 16-23: Young boat driver (unidentified); 24-31: Henry the Pole-Vaulting Fish 32-36: Seminole corn baskets. Date: Fall 1980.
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