Boat builder Glen Simmons on his Evergaldes skiff

Fieldwork

Wetlands

Natural areas

National parks and reserves

Boats and boating

Skiffs

Transportation

Waterways

Wilderness areas

National protected areas systems

Woodwork

Boatbuilders

Sixty color slides. Images of Simmons demonstrating his wooden skiff in the Everglades. Simmons was one of the last makers of wooden Everglades skiffs, which were used to fish and hunt in the shallow wetlands of South Florida. A self described 'gladesman,' Simmons grew up near the Everglades hunting, boating, and fishing. His skiff measures 18-18 feet, and are 2 feet wide. They are flat bottomed and propelled with use of a pole by a driver standing up in the boat's middle. Simmons began building them at age 12. He is also the author of a book, 'Gladesmen' from 1998. For an interview of Simmons, see S 1576, T86-2 and T86-3 (C86-48).

State Archives of Florida, Series S1680

1989-03-25

Florida Folklife Program

slides (photographs)

Still Image

S1680

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Folklife Learning Kit (Nancy Nusz)

Nusz, Nancy

Simmons, Glen J., 1916-2009

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