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Ola Kryway guiding her apprentice, Mary Martin, in applying beeswax to an egg - Titusville, Florida.

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Image Number

FA2258

Photographer

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1994

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Collection

Folklife collection
Series 1640, RG 158, Folk Art Apprenticeship Program Slides, 1993-1994 ; Box 15, FF5

Geographic Term

Brevard County (Fla.)
Titusville (Fla.)

Personal Subjects

Kryway, Ola, 1916-
Martin, Mary, 1922-

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

General Note

Ola Kryway of Titusville decorates Easter eggs using the centuries-old Ukrainian method known as pysanky. She has been practicing the craft for over sixty years.

Ola Kryway guiding her apprentice, Mary Martin, in applying beeswax to an egg - Titusville, Florida.

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Ola Kryway guiding her apprentice, Mary Martin, in applying beeswax to an egg - Titusville, Florida.

Subject

Handicraft

Craft

Egg painting

Pysanka (Egg decorating)

Decorative arts

Nature craft

Eggshell craft

Decoration and ornament

Egg decoration

Easter eggs

Pysanky

Eggs in art

Eggs

Mentoring in the arts

Teaching of folklore

Women apprentices

Folk art

Material culture--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Older women--Florida--Brevard County--Titusville

Ethnic arts

Creator

Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Date

1994

Identifier

FA2258

Image URL

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Geographic Term

Brevard County (Fla.)

Titusville (Fla.)

Color

color

Physical Description

1 slide - col.

Series Title

Folklife collection

Folklife Collection Series 1640, RG 158, Folk Art Apprenticeship Program Slides, 1993-1994 ; Box 15, FF5

Shelf Number

Shelf number: S1640B15F5.

General Note

Ola Kryway of Titusville decorates Easter eggs using the centuries-old Ukrainian method known as pysanky. She has been practicing the craft for over sixty years.

Subject - Person

Kryway, Ola, 1916-

Martin, Mary, 1922-

Collection ID

Chicago Manual of Style

Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Ola Kryway guiding her apprentice, Mary Martin, in applying beeswax to an egg - Titusville, Florida. 1994. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108197>, accessed 25 August 2025.

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Stone, Robert L., 1944-. Ola Kryway guiding her apprentice, Mary Martin, in applying beeswax to an egg - Titusville, Florida. 1994. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/108197>

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(State Archives of Florida/Stone)

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