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[Elizabeth Mitchell Painting Pottery]

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Mitchell, from Marshall Pottery, painting a pot at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting at a table, grasping the mouth of the pot with one hand and painting with the other. An array of paint brushes are laid out on the table. Mitchell has short brown hair and is wearing a Marshall Pottery apron.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hugh Vaughn, Chair Maker]

Description: Photograph of Hugh Vaughn, a chair maker from Woodville, at the 8th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Vaughn leans against the back of one of his chairs. He has a beard and wears a light blue t-shirt.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hugh Vaughn Making a "Texas Rocker"]

Description: Photograph of Hugh Vaughn making a "Texas Rocker" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is carving a piece of wood that is spinning rapidly on a lathe. He is holding the carving tool in one spot on the spinning piece of wood to make an even indention all the way around. His forearms are covered in wood chips.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Muzzleloading School]

Description: Photograph of two men dressed in Civil War era clothing teaching a boy muzzle loading at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on either side of the boy with two rifles laid across their laps. The man on the right is holding a round silver bullet in front of the boy, and the man on the left is pointing to it and telling the boy about it.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Muzzleloading School]

Description: Photograph of three members of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man on the left is wearing a brown leather top hat, a blue shirt and Indian necklaces. The man in the middle has a thick orange beard and is wearing an Indian breastplate. The man on the right is wearing a pelt hat and a red shirt, and is holding a muzzleloader.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Members of the Brazoria Militia from Brazoria County]

Description: Photograph of three members of the Brazoria Militia, two men and a woman, from Brazoria County at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two men are standing on either side of the woman, holding their hats over their chests. The man on the right is very young. All of them are wearing pioneer clothing.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Learning to Whittle]

Description: Photograph of a boy learning to whittle at whittling school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has brown hair and is wearing a small straw hat and a green and white tank top. He is holding a small piece of wood, carving it with a small knife.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Holding Pot of Wooden Flowers]

Description: Photograph of a woman holding a very small pot of wooden flowers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The flowers are made at whittling school by shaving the wood very thinly so that it curls.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Louise Hunter and Treenware]

Description: Photograph of Louise Hunter showing a visitor treenware at the 8th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Hunter, left, holds a wooden utensil which she is showing to a visitor. She wears a blue floral dress with a lace collar and gold earrings. The visitor, right, wears a white blouse with light orange vertical stripes and holds a coca-cola cup in her hands.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Practicing Handwriting]

Description: Photograph of a girl practicing handwriting in a one room school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting at an old school desk, writing on a piece of paper with a dip pen. Another girl is sitting at the desk with her. The handwriting class is being taught be Gerry Doyle.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting]

Description: Photograph of Gerry Doyle teaching handwriting in a one room school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting at an old school desk to the left of two young brunettes. He has wavy white hair and is wearing thick frame glasses and a blue checkered shirt. He is smiling and pointing to the right. On the table are containers of ink, some sheets of paper, and a small chalk tablet.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[David McDonald Giving Adobe Making Instructions]

Description: Photograph of David McDonald, from Jose Antonio Navarro Homestead, giving adobe-making instructions at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing in a pit of mud that has been dug into the ground. A girl and a boy are mixing up the mud with a shovel and a hoe. Several people are watching from behind.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Pyle Working with Glass]

Description: Photograph of Joe Pyle doing glass crafting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a green shirt and sunglasses, he is holding a long, thin tube of glass over a blow torch flame to soften and bend it.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blacksmithing Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a brown-haired man giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, as he hammers a hot piece of metal on an anvil. A forge with an open flame is visible in the right middle ground.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Louise Hunter with Treenware]

Description: Photograph of Louise Hunter showing a visitor her treenware at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. These handcrafted wooden utensils are displayed on the surface in front of her. She is holding one item with a long handle so that the woman outside the booth can see. Hunter is wearing a pioneer dress with big white sleeves and a navy floral pattern. She has curly gray hair and is wearing gold earrings.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bruce Montague Roping with Two Lassos]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, roping with two lassos at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is spinning one of the lassos around his waist while he steps into another smaller lasso near the ground. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bruce Montague Trick Roping]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague doing trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on the grass spinning his lasso around. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bruce Montague Lassoing a Group of Children]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, lassoing a group of children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of children are sitting on a small hay bale and Montague is standing next to them. The very large lasso is enveloping all of them. A few spectators are gathered around to watch.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Juan Martinez Thatching a Roof]

Description: Photograph of Juan Martinez demonstrating how to thatch a roof at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is gathering a small bundle of straw and placing it strategically on a wood frame while three boys watch him.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fred Huddleston Making Stained Glass]

Description: Photograph of Fred Huddleston making stained glass at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is cutting a piece of glass to fit into a wire frame he has created. A completed piece of stained glass is on the table in front of him, as well as a wire frame for a new piece, wire cutters, and needle-nose pliers. Huddleston is wearing a red cap, a white polo shirt and checkered pants.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Learning Shingle Splitting]

Description: Photograph of a boy trying out shingle splitting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a large mallet with both hands, hammering down on a stump of wood. A few other children and a couple of adults are watching him.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Constructing Log Kitchen]

Description: Photograph of a man constructing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on top of a corner where the logs overlap, carving out a groove for the next log to be placed. Behind him is a log house roof covered with several wood shingles.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Performing at T.E.A.C.H Acting Company]

Description: Photograph of a woman with T.E.A.C.H. Acting Company performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is on stage sitting behind a microphone, wearing jeans and a white crocheted shawl wrapped around her head and body. Spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Richard "Dick" Potter and Jack F. "Spot" Baird Examining Cooked Possum]

Description: Photograph of Richard "Dick" Potter and Jack F. "Spot" Baird, the "Professor of Possumology," in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Potter is holding a cooked possum as Baird uses a stethoscope to examine doneness. Both men are wearing overalls and floral printed shirts. Potter, on the left, is wearing a straw hat and glasses. Baird, on the right, is wearing a safari hat.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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