Coaches made by John Luther

Woodworkers

Apprentices

Fieldwork

Carriages and carts

Wagons

Transportation

Material culture

Wheels

Coaching (Transportation)

Wheelwrights

Four color prints, nd one black and white print. Luther was a German American originally from Pennsylvania, who learned wheelwrighting and coach making from the Amish. At the time, he was a farmer and veterinarian technician living in McAlpin. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by first folklorist Peter Roller, then folklorist Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.

State Archives of Florida, Series S1644

1991

photographs

Still Image

S1644

10

6

Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Stone, Robert, 1944-

Luther, John, 1955-

Richardson, Walter, 1943-

German American

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