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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramTommie Smith demonstrating lye soap making - White Springs, Florida
Image Number
FA4198
Photographer
Tozzer, Brent A. Collector.
Date
1994
Date Note
Photographed in November 1994.
Rights
Collection
Folklife Collection.
Series S 1656 RG 158, Rural Folklife Days slides, photographs, and records, Rural Folklife Days, 1994, ; Box 3, FF4
Series S 1656 RG 158, Rural Folklife Days slides, photographs, and records, Rural Folklife Days, 1994, ; Box 3, FF4
Geographic Term
Subject Term
African American women--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Women artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Soap
Handicraft
Kettles
Craft
Lye soap
Soap making
Ethnicity, African American
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Women artisans--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Soap
Handicraft
Kettles
Craft
Lye soap
Soap making
Ethnicity, African American
Ethnicity, African diaspora
Projects, Instate
Folklife and folklore projects
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
The soap mixture consists of lye, fat, and water.
The woman on the left is unidentified.
Tommie Smith demonstrating lye soap making - White Springs, Florida
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