Florida Frontiers TV - The Greatest Show in Florida

Episode Number
29
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  • Ringling Circus Museum - Big Show Main Entrance

  • Karen Bell, Professional Clown, 30 years with Ringling Brothers Circus

  • Jennifer Lemmer Posey, Curator of Circus, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

  • Laura Steefel-Moore, Head of Education, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

     

    We explore the legacy of John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota including an art museum, circus museum, and the Ca' d'Zan mansion.

     

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    Florida Frontiers TV - Film in Florida

    Episode Number
    28
    Program Date

    • Film in Florida, exhibit at the Brevard Museum

    • Film in Florida

    • Flipper, movie filmed in Florida

    • Bruce O'Donoghue, owner Shamrock Studios building

    • Susan Doll, Author 'Florida on Film'

    • Philip Simpson, Popular Culture Association / American Cultural Association

    • Devan Stuart Lesley, Norman Studios Silent Film Museum

    • Florence Turcotte, University of Florida

    • Ricou Browning, Creature from the Black Lagoon

       

      Hundreds of filmmakers have followed their dreams to Florida. Films are part of the history of Florida, going all the way back to the silent era.

       

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      African American Films
      Beaches, Creatures and Cowboys: Florida Film Posters

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      Florida Frontiers TV - The Conch Republic

      Episode Number
      27
      Program Date

      • The Conch Republic, Southern most point

      • Tom Hambright, Key West Historian

      • Cori Convertito, Key West Art and Historical Society

      • Robert Kerstein, Author - Key West on the edge

      • The Little White House

      • Sloppy Joe's Bar, frequented by Ernest Hemmingway

      • Audubon House and Tropical Gardens

      • Key West Museum of Art and History at the Custom House

         

        Key West has a diverse history that includes "wreckers," writers, hippies, homosexuals, and U.S. Presidents. In 1982, the island seceded from the Union to form the Conch Republic.

         

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        Florida Frontiers TV - The Highwaymen Artists

        Episode Number
        26
        Program Date

        • Highway Men Paintings exhibited at the Brevard Museum

        • Gary Moore - author of 'The Highwaymen: Florida's African American Landscape Painters'

        • Mary Ann Carroll - Original Highwayman Artist

        • Willie Reagan - Original Highwayman Artist

        • Isaac Knight - Original Highwayman Artist

        • Al Black - Original Highwayman Artist

        • R. L. Lewis - Original Highwayman Artist

           

          The Highwaymen Artists. The Highwaymen are a group of mostly self-taught African American landscape painters who used their skills to create a profitable business model beginning in the 1950s.

           

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          Florida Frontiers TV - Jack Kerouac in Florida

          Episode Number
          25
          Program Date

          • Jack Kerouac in Florida

          • David McElroy and David Hannan

          • Laura Lee, writer in residence, Jack Kerouac House Orlando

          • Janna Benge, President, Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando

          • Geoff Benge, Vice President, Jack Kerouac Project of Orlando

          • Laurel Clark, Director of Jack Kerouac End of the Road

          • Steve Rowell, playwright

          • Bob Kealing, author

             

            Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac spent some of his most productive years in Florida. His Orlando home is the site of a writers-in-residence program.

             

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            Florida Frontiers TV - Canoe Archaeology

            Episode Number
            24
            Program Date

            • Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 24 - Canoes

            • Steve Karacic, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

            • Franklin Price, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

            • Lori Collins, University of South Florida

            • Marine Archaeology, ships and Canoes

            • 3D Archaeology, Ships and Canoes

            • Carla Hadden, UG Center for Applied Isotope Studies

            • Julie Duggins, Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research

            • Laura Smith, University of Tennessee Laboratory of Tree Ring Science

            • Pedro Zepeda, Seminole Canoe Maker

               

              Canoe Archaeology: Hundreds of canoes have been discovered in Florida, some created as long as 7,000 years ago.

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              Florida Frontiers TV — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

              Episode Number
              23
              Program Date

              • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House

              • Judy Baker, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House

              • Kevin M. McCarthy, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society

              • Florence M. Turcotte, George S. Mathers Library

              • FHS Library, source materials

                  

                The Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Yearling" and "Cross Creek" is one of Florida's best loved writers.

                 
                 

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                Florida Frontiers TV - Mosquito Beater Memories

                Episode Number
                22
                Program Date

                • Mosquito Beaters

                • Speedy Harrell, started Mosquito Beaters with his daughter Wanda

                • Wanda Harrell Speir, member and founder of Mosquito Beaters

                • Charles 'Chuck' Reed, member of Mosquito Beaters

                • Charlie LaRoche, member of Mosquito Beaters

                • Gene Baird, member of Mosquito Beaters

                • June Geiger, member of Mosquito Beaters

                • Kay Nix, member of Mosquito Beaters

                • Old Cocoa Florida

                   

                  People who lived in central Brevard County prior to the post-World War II population explosion gather annually to discuss how life used to be in Florida.

                   

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                  Mosquito control
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                  Florida Frontiers TV - Florida Historic Capitol Museum

                  Episode Number
                  21
                  Program Date

                  • Florida Historic Capital Museum (exterior front view)

                  • Bruce Smathers, Former Florida Secretary of State

                  • Tiffany Baker, Florida Historic Capitol Museum

                  • Florida Historic Capital Museum (chambers)

                  • Mary E Adkins, author

                  • Senator Bob Graham, Florida Governor 1979-1987

                     

                    The Florida Historic Capitol building, once in danger of being torn down, is now a museum documenting Florida government from the Territorial Period to the present.

                     

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                    Florida Frontiers TV - The Future of History

                    Episode Number
                    20
                    Program Date

                    • Ben Brotemarkle - FHS

                    • Julian Chambliss, Professor of History, Rollins College

                    • Laurie Taylor, Digital Scholarship Librarian, University of Florida

                    • Connie Lester, Riches Project, University of Central Florida

                    • Scot French, Professor of Digital and Public History, UCF

                    • J. Michael Francis, La Florida Digital Interactive, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

                       

                      The Future of History. Florida historians and their students are creating innovative digital resources available to anyone with internet access.

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