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Folk apprentice Neil Brooks using a machete to take branches off a cypress tree- Bronson, Florida

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Image Number

FA118228

Photographer

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector.

Date

1987-01-31

Date Note

Photographed on January 31, 1987.

Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1577, Apprenticeships- 1986-87 ; Box 11, Folder 8

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 35 mm.

General Note

Robert Rudd, of Palm Beach County, is a cypress furniture maker who goes to North Florida to search for natural cypress. Neil Brooks is his FFP-sponsored apprentice.

Folk apprentice Neil Brooks using a machete to take branches off a cypress tree- Bronson, Florida

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Folk apprentice Neil Brooks using a machete to take branches off a cypress tree- Bronson, Florida

Subject

Taxodium

Material culture

Apprentices

Flora and fauna

Craft

Cabinetmakers

Trees

Machetes

Creator

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector.

Date

1987-01-31

Identifier

FA118228

Image URL

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Thumbnail

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Date Note

Photographed on January 31, 1987.

Geographic Term

Bronson (Fla.)

Levy County (Fla.)

Color

b&w

Physical Description

1 photoprint - b&w - 35 mm.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1577, Apprenticeships- 1986-87 ; Box 11, Folder 8

General Note

Robert Rudd, of Palm Beach County, is a cypress furniture maker who goes to North Florida to search for natural cypress. Neil Brooks is his FFP-sponsored apprentice.

Subject - Person

Brooks, Neil.

Rudd, Robert James, 1926-

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Chicago Manual of Style

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector. Folk apprentice Neil Brooks using a machete to take branches off a cypress tree- Bronson, Florida. 1987-01-31. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106378>, accessed 3 July 2022.

MLA

Rosenberg, Jan, Collector. Folk apprentice Neil Brooks using a machete to take branches off a cypress tree- Bronson, Florida. 1987-01-31. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 3 Jul. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/106378>

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(State Archives of Florida/Rosenberg)

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