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 Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Boat Driver George Bower river tour at Wakulla Springs
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- 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 Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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 Boat driver | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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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Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits | Still Image | Boat driver Woodworkers Whip maker Basket maker Ecotourism Tourism Folk dance Clothing and dress Whips Whip making Fishing lures Dogs Vietnamese Basket making Boat driving Dancers Hunters Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Images for the Library Folklife Program, Pastimes and Pursuits
- Date
- 1983
- Description
- Ten 8x12 color images. Duplicates of earlier fieldwork photographs, these prints were created for the Library Folklife Program, Pursuits and Pastimes. Includes Wilbert Gavin and Hawk Jackson driving tour boats at Wakulla Springs, Joe Klotz driving a boat at Silver Springs, a woman in a quince dress, Edenfield with his hunting dogs, Jones making fishing lures, Phem making a rice basket, Sheppard making a whip, Vietnamese dancers at the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, and a worker making a citrus ladder. A traveling exhibit concerning the occupational groups in Florida relating to tourism and recreation. The exhibit used text and images from the Folklife Program's fieldwork files. There was also a booklet that accompanied the exhibit (found in S 1606, box 2, folder 5). More images of the exhibit can be found in S 1606, box 2, folder 1, and box 1, folder 9.
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