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[4th U.S. Memorial Cavalry Regiment Dance]
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Photograph of the 4th U.S. Memorial Cavalry Regiment Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, members of the regiments are dancing with their partners on a grassy area outside of a brick building decorated with American flag bunting.
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[4th U.S. Memorial Cavalry Regiment Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of the 4th U.S. Memorial Cavalry Regiment Dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, members of the regiments are dancing with their partners on a grassy area outside of a brick building decorated with American flag bunting.
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[Alamo Bobbin Lacers]
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Photograph of members of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers creating woven works of art at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Graciela Wilborn, on the left, and Patsy Anderson, on the right, are finishing a piece of artwork. The women sit behind a table, covered with sewing supplies.
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[Alamon Bobbin Lacer]
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Photograph of a member of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the woman is seating on a chair covered with a lace blanket. She leans over a small table, embroidering a flower pattern onto a cloth.
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[Andres Acosta Singing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Andres Acosta performing at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Andres is wearing matching pants and jacket with silver embroidery detail as he sings into a microphone, holding a hat in the air with his right hand. Two men play guitar behind him as he performs.
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[Beethoven Maennerchor Band]
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Photograph of the Beethoven Maennerchor Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph depicts four men playing various instruments on a raised stage covered with a transparent tarp.
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[Bill Corkery at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of "Cowboy" Bill Corkery demonstrating rope techniques to children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bill is standing in a grassy area wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, cowboy hat and tan belt. He is twirling a piece of rope tied into a circle with his mouth. Three girls to his left and one boy to his right are watching Bill as he performs.
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[Bill Shugart and the Texas Funteers]
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Photograph of Bill Shugart performing with the Texas Funteers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill is playing a banjo on a stage with a Texas flag backdrop and a large canopy shading the performance area. He is wearing denim jeans with red suspenders, a striped tie, and brightly-colored pattern shirt, tucked into leather cowboy boots.
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[Boat Building at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Rick Pratt, Cameron Pratt, and Army Emmott building a boat at the Texas Folklife Festival. Rick Pratt stands to the left, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts as he lifts the boat frame. Army, pictured center wearing a tan shirt, shorts and burgundy hat, moves a hay bale underneath the frame. Cameron is turned away from the camera wearing a dark blue shirt, light blue shorts, and a blue bandanna around her hair.
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[Boat Building at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Rick and Cameron Pratt at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick and Cameron, along with several other helpers, are putting their boat into a body of water. A large audience is following the boat builders as they prepare to test their vessel.
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[Boatbuilding at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Rick and Cameron Pratt building a boat at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick is standing on top of the upside-down boat, holding down a wooden post with his foot. Cameron is drilling the post into the boat with a drill. Another man is leaning over the boat, securing the post to the boat.
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[Bob Angle Skinning A Snake]
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Photograph of a snake-skinning demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bob Angle stands behind a table as he holds a dead snake in the air, peeling back its' skin in one piece.
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[Bocce Ball at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of participants at the Texas Folklife Festival playing bocce ball. Four children are standing in a row waiting their turn. The play arena is lined with hay bales. Children and adults watch the game of bocce ball.
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[Bud Olson Demonstrating Wood-Carving]
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Photograph of Bud Olson carving a figurine at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bud, a member of the Houston Area Woodcarvers, sits in a striped chair as he uses a tool to remove bits of wood from his figurine. Other members sit around him as they work.
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[Canoeing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Rick and Cameron Pratt at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick and Cameron are sitting in a boat in the middle of a lake. Rick is holding an oar in each hand, while Cameron raises a bottle of wine in the air.
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[Charlie Loving Demonstrating Silk Screening]
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Photograph of Charlie Loving demonstrating silk screening techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Charlie stands behind a table wearing an apron over a long-sleeve shirt and jeans. Charlie holds onto the frame as a young girl presses the design onto a surface.
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[Charlie McTee Making Fishing Equipment]
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Photograph of Charlie McTee making fishing equipment at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Charlie, wearing a striped shirt and hat, sits behind a table in a craft booth with pieces of fishing equipment strewn about the table.
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[Child Playing Fiddle]
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Photograph of a young boy playing the fiddle with the United Fiddlers Association. In the photograph, the boy is wearing a white buttoned shirt, jeans, and tall cowboy hat. His fiddle is tucked under his chin, accompanied by two men wearing matching uniforms, one playing the guitar, and the other playing the cello.
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[Children Playing Bocce Ball]
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Photograph of participants at the Texas Folklife Festival playing bocce ball. Four children are standing in a row waiting their turn to play. The play arena consists of a grassy area lined with hay bales. Children and adults watch the game of bocce ball from outside of the hay bales.
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[Claudia Deborah Caning a Chair]
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Photograph of Claudia Deborah chair caning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia is seated in a booth, weaving the seat of a chair with fiber strands. She wears a white shirt with a lace collar and a striped skirt.
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[Cowboy Bill Crockery Demonstrating Lasso Techniques]
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Photograph of "Cowboy" Bill Corkery demonstrating rope techniques to children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bill is standing in a grassy area wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, cowboy hat and tan belt. He is twirling a piece of rope tied into a circle with one hand. Three girls to his left and one boy to his right are learning the technique. Participants of the festival are visible behind Bill.
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[Dorothy Williams Selling Pysanky Easter Eggs]
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Photograph of Dorothy Williams displaying Pysanky Easter Eggs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Dorothy is sitting in a chair wearing a white dress with ribbon embroidery. A table with a large case full of fist-sized, elaborately painted Easter Eggs lies on the table in front of her.
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[Dr. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show]
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Photograph of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky, pictured left, Glenda, pictured in the center, and Malcom, pictured right, are speaking to the audience in microphones. Smoky wears denim overalls over a long-sleeve floral shirt while Glenda wears a floor-length calico dress. Malcom wears a white jacket with black trim and a black hat. Members of the audience are visible around the stage.
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[Dr. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show]
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Photograph of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky, pictured left, and Malcom, pictured right, are speaking to the audience in microphones. Smoky wears denim overalls over a long-sleeve floral shirt. Malcom wears a white jacket with black trim and a black hat.
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[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
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Photograph of Malcolm Derden, portraying Dr. Millard from Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Malcolm speaks into a microphone in front of a large yellow painted backdrop. He wears a white vest over black pants, a black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
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[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
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Photograph of Malcolm Derden and Smoky Wilson performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival as part of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and a red bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. Malcolm plays the role of Dr. Millard, wearing a white vest, shirt, black pants, black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
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[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
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Photograph of the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show. In the photograph, Smoky stands on the far left of the stage , wearing a coonskin cap and red bandanna on top of a floral shirt, denim pants, and suspenders. To the right of Smoky, Malcolm Derden plays the role of the Doctor in the show, while Glenda White performs a dance for the audience.
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[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
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Photograph of the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Smoky and Glenda sing a song together, dressed in pioneer clothing as a crowd of festival participants watch the performance.
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[Drinking from a Bota]
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Photograph of Fernando Herrera and Alberto Mendoza helping a participant at the Texas Folklife Festival learning how to drink from a bota at the Spanish booth. In the photograph, Fernando is holding the bota in the air in front of the participant, who leans backward with his mouth open, wearing a red plastic bib. A bota is a traditional Spanish receptacle for holding liquids.
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[Fernando Herrera Demonstrating How to Drink from a Bota]
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Photograph of Fernando Herrera teaching a visitor how to drink from a bota at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Fernando is guiding the arm of the visitor as hold the bota to his mouth.
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[Fernando Herrera Demonstrating How to Use the Bota]
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Photograph of Fernando Herrera helping a participant at the Texas Folklife Festival learning how to drink from a bota at the Spanish booth. In the photograph, Fernando is holding the bota in the air in front of the participant, who leans backward with his mouth open, wearing a red plastic bib. A bota is a traditional Spanish receptacle for holding liquids.
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[Fishing Hole at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of a child fishing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy is holding a pole made out a cut branch and a string. He leans over the large metal tank as other festival participants watch.
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[Four Bricks Out of Hadrian's Wall]
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Photograph of the band the Four Bricks Out of Hadrian's Wall performing on the Irish Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The four people in the photograph, from left to right, are Gary Coover, playing concertina; Kelley Loftus, playing guitar; Bill Galbraith, playing tenor banjo; and Vance Whelply, playing bodhran.
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[Graciela Wilborn Embroidering a Pillow]
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Photograph of Graciela Wilborn at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Graciela, a member of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers, is embroidering a bolster pillow with a circular floral pattern.
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[Hearts and Gizzards Band]
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Photograph of the Hearts and Gizzards Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a seated man plays a guitar that he rests across his lap. He wears a shirt, shorts, and tall socks with horizontal stripes. To his left, a standing woman plays the violin into a microphone while wearing a blouse and a long skirt with an embroidered belt. On the man's right, a woman sits on a stool, playing a guitar and singing into a microphone, wearing a floor-length dress covered with floral patterns.
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[Hickory and the Tennessee Valley Authority Jam Session]
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Photograph of the Hickory and Tennessee Valley Authority evening jam session at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Five men and one woman are playing musical instruments on a stage surrounded by a crowd of festival-goers. The man on the far left plays the banjo, and to his right, a man in a striped shirt plays a violin. The two men in the center of the group play the guitar. On the far right, a woman plays a cello while wearing a white visor. A man to her right is playing a white electric guitar.
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[Hill Country Ramblers]
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Photograph of the Hill Country Ramblers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band features three men standing on a stage, singing and playing small stringed instruments. Each man wears a shirt, jeans, and sneakers. Two other members of the band are just visible to the left and right of the photograph.
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[Kevin Fitzpatrick Teaching Roping Techniques]
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Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Kevin wears a black cowboy hat, white collared shirt, and denim jeans tucked into cowboy boots. Children stand around Kevin as he teaches the techniques.
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[King's English String Band]
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Photograph of the King's English String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two woman and three men perform on the stage while a young boy sits in front of the microphone stands. The stage is covered in a canopy. Festival participants watch the performance from all three sides of the stage.
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[King's English String Band]
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Photograph of the King's English String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph consists of a man playing the fiddle in the foreground, wearing a patterned vest over a white long sleeve shirt and pants. To his left, a man wearing a plaid hat, white shirt, and dark pants, while playing a small flute. To his left, two men sit on a bench, holding cups in their hands.
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[Leon Carter and the Texas Funteers]
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Photograph of the Texas Funteers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, three men are standing on a red stage with a Texas flag backdrop and a large canopy. The man on the far left is wearing red overalls, a tall canvas hat, and leather boots with a black and tan diamond pattern. He is playing a guitar made of a toilet seat. The man in the center of the photograph playing a banjo, wearing jeans with red suspenders, a striped tie, brown boots, and a felt hat. The man on the far right of the photograph is wearing a red shirt underneath a pair of denim overalls and an over-sized polka-dot bow tie. He sings into a microphone with one bare foot balanced on an upside-down metal tub.
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[Leon Carter of the Texas Funteers]
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Photograph of Leon Carter playing his toilet-lid guitar at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. While he sings into the microphone, he wears a pair of overalls over a patterned shirt, boots, and hat. Other members of the band are visible behind him as they perform.
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[Leon Carter Performing with the Texas Funteers]
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Photograph of Leon Carter playing a toilet-seat guitar with his musical group, the Texas Funteers. He is wearing red overalls tucked into cowboy points with a black and tan diamond pattern. The Texas Funteers are playing at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas.
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[Louis Herrick Caning a Chair]
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Photograph of Louis Herrick caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Louis is standing behind the chair, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and jeans. He holds the individual fibers used to weave the pattern with both hands.
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[Marcia Breaz Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Marcia Breaz performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Marcia wears a braided band across her forehead, a sleeveless dress with tasseled fringe on the shoulders, and a metal and leather belt. She sings into a corded microphone on a stage.
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[Marcia Breaz Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of Marcia Breaz performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Marcia wears a sweatband around her forehead, a sleeveless shirt, and jeans with a thin belt. She plays the keyboard while singing into a microphone.
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[Musical Performance by Andres Acosta]
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Photograph of Andres Acosta performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Andres wears a blue suit and sombrero with silver detailing along the seams. He sings into a microphone in front of his back-up band, consisting of three guitar players and three trumpet players.
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[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers]
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Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in five rows. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants.
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[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in rows, holding the hands of their partners high above their heads as other dancers duck below their arms. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants. People watch the performance around three sides of the raised stage.
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[Peter Breaz Performing with the Hickory and the Tennessee Valley Authority Jam Session]
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Photograph of Peter Breaz performing with the Hickory and Tennessee Valley Authority Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Peter is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone, wearing a pair of jeans and a white satin shirt with red cuffs.