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[Ace Reid on Storytelling Stage]
Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding.
[Ace Reid on Storytelling Stage]
Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding. Behind him a rocking chair and a small hay bale is visible.
[Adobe Making Demonstration]
Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the pit of adobe, raking the mixture as festival participants watch.
[Adobe Making Demonstration]
Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over a wooden trough as he pours water into the individual sections. Several festival stand behind Bill, watching the demonstration.
[Adobe Making Demonstration]
Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the wooden trough, shoveling an unknown substance into the individual sections. A festival participant stands behind Bill, watching the demonstration.
[Alabama-Coushatta Beadwork]
Photograph of a woman creating a beaded headdress at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, a member of the Alabama Coushatta tribe, spreads out the large headdress decorated with feathers and beads.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dance Costumes]
Photograph of members of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe preparing costumes for a dance demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a small boy wears traditional Native-American dance regalia as a woman leans over his fur boot, attaching bells to his costume.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dance Performance]
Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two young dancers in full Alabama-Coushatta regalia perform for a crowd of festival participants. The dancers wear large feather headdresses, beaded belts, and fur boots as they dance.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dance Performance]
Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a boy wears an intricate costume consisting of a feather headdress, beaded headband, tasseled belt, and fur boots with bells attached. He holds sticks with suede tassels attached as he dances for festival participants.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dance Regalia]
Photograph of women preparing Alabama-Coushatta Indian dance regalia at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women sew red and purple feathers onto large headresses. One woman sits in the grass weaving string in and out of a cardboard circle, while another sits in a chair working on a yellow and green headdress.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer]
Photograph of Alabama-Coushatta Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman stands in the performance area. She wears traditional Native American garments including a headdress, quilted shawl with purple fringe, beads, and leather footwear. Dancers and a drummer are visible in the background.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer Jack Battise]
Photograph of Jack Pattise with a festival participant at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack wears a feather headdress from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe as he speaks into a microphone. He stands to the left of a man wearing patterned suspenders over a short-sleeved shirt.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancer Jack Battise]
Photograph of Jack Pattise with a festival participant at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack wears a feather headdress from the Alabama-Coushatta tribe. He stands next to a festival participant speaking into a microphone.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancers]
Photograph of the Alabama-Coushatta Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear traditional Native-American clothing as they dance on a grey stage in front of a crowd of festival-participants.
[Alabama-Coushatta Dancers]
Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers wear intricate headdresses, belts, and boots as they perform on a grassy area for festival participants.
[Alabama-Coushatta Headdress]
Photograph of a man making a headdress at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man, a member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe, sits in a chair with a dark-colored sleeveless shirt and white pants, attaching feathers to a circular disk.
[Allen Damron and Guich Koock Performing Onstage]
Photograph of Allen Damron and Guich Koock on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on a square hay bale, Damron on the left and Koock on the right. Damron is playing guitar while Koock holds a microphone to his mouth.
[Allen Damron and Guich Koock Performing Onstage]
Photograph of Ace Reid and Paul Patterson on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is standing on the right and speaking into a microphone while Reid is sitting on the left. They are both wearing cowboy hats. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
[Alliance Francaise de San Antonio Food Booth]
Photograph of the Alliance Francaise de San Antonio food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four individuals stand in front of the booth. A woman, second from the right, holds a pie. Two men wear aprons and hats, while the last man wears a dress shirt and tie.
[Antioch Baptist Church Angel Choir]
Photograph of the Antioch Baptist Church Angel Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a group of children sing toward two microphones. They wear name tags and shirts which read: "Antioch B.C. Angel Choir."
[Antique Corn Sheller]
Photograph of a child using an antique corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy leans over a wooden trough full of corn. He cranks the sheller as several festival participants watch.
[Archeology Training on Kid's Day by The Southern Texas Archaeological Association]
Photograph of four young girls learning about archeology from the Southern Texas Archaeological Association at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are kneeling around a black tarp covered with bowls, colanders, and a brown rectangular box filled with rocks. Bystanders, chairs, and sandboxes are visible in the background.
[Arnold Griffin, Ace Reid, and Rosemary Davis on Storytelling Stage]
Photograph of Arnold Griffin, from Devine, on the storytelling stage with Ace Reid and emcee Rosemary Davis at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. All three are sitting in rocking chairs, with Reid on the left, Griffin in the center, and Davis on the right. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
[Arnold Griffin and Ace Reid on Storytelling Stage]
Photograph of Arnold Griffin, from Devine, on the storytelling stage with Ace Reid at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt, Devine is in the foreground sitting in a rocking chair and speaking into a microphone. Reid is in the middle ground, also sitting in a rocking chair.
[Arnold Griffin Teaching Log Sawing]
Photograph of Arnold Griffin teaching children how to saw a log at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold holds onto the middle of the saw, guiding it through the wood as two boys hold onto handles on opposite sides. the sawing demonstration takes place in the front yard surrounding a small wooden house.
[Artificial Flower Bouquets]
Photograph of artificial flower making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman stands behind a festival booth, arranging artificial floral bouquets in brown wicker baskets.
[Artificial Flower Making]
Photograph of artificial flower making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman sits inside a festival booth, delicately painting the inside of a plastic flower. Several finished flowers are secured in floral foam on the front table of the booth.
[Audience Listening to Storyteller Arnold Griffin]
Photograph of an audience at the storytelling stage listening to Arnold Griffin at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on wooden benches under a shade canopy. A man in the background is standing and waving his hand toward the camera.
[Ballet de Casa De Espana Flamenco Dancers]
Photograph of Maria Cristina Alonso, flamenco dancer, from the Ballet de Casa De Espana, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a black and yellow polka-dotted costume with a white rose on the top of her head. A crowd of people and others tents are visible in the background.
[Ballet de Casa De Espana Flamenco Dancers]
Photograph of flamenco dancers, from the Ballet de Casa De Espana, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are wearing multicolored long dresses and standing in two rows. The front row of dancers stands with their arms raised in the air. The second row of dancers and the blue roof of the tent are visible in the background.
[Band Playing in Cajun Country]
Photograph of a band performing in "Cajun Country" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band performs on a stage outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. The band members include a violinist, a guitarist, an accordion player, and a steel guitarist.
[Barn Raising Demonstration]
Photograph of Arnold Griffin demonstrating barn raising at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold leans against the wooden frame of the barn holding a large saw in his hands, wearing a straw cowboy hat, tan shirt, and khaki pants.
[Bass Box Demonstration]
Photograph of the Hoboes bass box player Bootsie Ehler playing the musical instrument a festival participant. Bootsie and his guest use brooms to make noise on a wooden board covered with salt. The four other members of the band stand around the bass box players, accompanying them with three trumpets and a guitar.
[Bass Box Playing]
Photograph of the Czech musical group, the Hoboes, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a member of the audience is being boosted on the stage by another audience member, in order to play the bass box. The woman is wearing a red shirt tucked into a denim skirt, and brown sandals.
[Batik Demonstration]
Photograph of Batik lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A long table is set up with cloth, string, and bowls of water for festival participants to learn the art of batik, and Indonesian form of embroidery. A woman wearing a bandanna around her head and an embroidered dress works on a piece of batik with the help of an instructor.
[Batik School]
Photograph of Batik lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A long table is set up with cloth, string, and bowls of water for festival participants to learn the art of batik, and Indonesian form of embroidery. Several women sit at the table working on their individual pieces of embroidery.
[Bea Garrison, Storyteller from Utopia]
Photograph of Bea Garrison, from Utopia, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a pioneer dress, a bonnet, and wire frame glasses, she is sitting in a rocking chair and is speaking into a microphone.
[Bea Garrison Telling a Story to a Young Girl From Audience]
Photograph of Bea Garrison, from Utopia, telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a long gingham skirt and sitting in a rocking chair on the right, she is facing a young girl with pigtails who is sitting on a square hay bale on the left. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
[Belgian Bolls Game]
Photograph of festival participants playing Belgian bolls at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man is leaning towards a target wearing a white collared shirt and plaid pants, throwing a ball towards a small box in the corner of a booth.
[Belgian Mast Climbing]
Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]
Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]
Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and boots, clings to the pole with two hands as his legs dangle free. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]
Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
[Belly Dance Class]
Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. The men wear cloth headdresses and wave their arms in the air as Zwan leans backward in demonstration.
[Belly Dance Instruction]
Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. Five men stand farther back on the stage. All participants wave their arms in the air.
[Belly Dancing Class with Tanya Zwan]
Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. The men wear cloth headdresses and wave their arms in the air as Zwan leans backward in demonstration. Several men have rolled up their t-shirts to expose their midriffs.
[Beto Lopez the Cowboy Poet]
Photograph of Beto Lopez, Rachero cook and singer from George West, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding and guitar in front of two microphones on stands. A background with painted trees and a banner with "IBC - International Bank of Commerce" are visible in the background.
[Bill Corkery Making Adobe]
Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the pit of adobe, breaking weeds over the mixture, wearing a straw hat, a blue checkered shirt, denim jeans, and brown leather boots. Festival participants watch him as he makes the adobe.
[Bill Corkery Telling Story Onstage]
Photograph of Bill Corkery telling a story on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a hay bale, wearing a cowboy hat and speaking into a microphone. In the left foreground, two young audience members are sitting on the edge of the stage. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like a wooden house front.
[Bill Lindig Splitting Shingles]
Photograph of Bill Lindig splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill straddles a sawhorse as he cuts shingles from a block of wood. Festival participants are visible in the background, interacting with festival booths and watching festival demonstrations.
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