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[Fiddler Webster CraftingTreenware]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young man named Fiddler Webster who is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is working on a piece of treenware, a term used by pioneers to describe a small, handcrafted wooden item. He is using a mallet and a chisel on the item. Several tools are on the small table where he is working.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Filipino Dancers]

Description: Color photograph of four women performing a traditional Filipino dance at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are gesturing with their hands in the air while stepping in coordination. Each woman is wearing a traditional Filipino costume, a colorful dress with a green apron over the skirt.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Filipino Tinikling]

Description: Color photograph of a boy and a girl tinikling, a dance which involves moving between two poles that two other participants beat, tap, and slide in coordination. Several instances of the dance are occurring simultaneously on the dance floor. The performance is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Former Texas Governor John B. Connally at the Opening Ceremony]

Description: Color photograph of a man, identified as former Texas governor John B. Connally, standing behind a wooden podium at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. On the front of the podium is a sign that reads, "Institute of Texas Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio." A few people are seated in fold-up chairs behind him.
Date: August 3, 1978
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Former Texas Governor John B. Connally at the Opening Ceremony

Description: Color photograph of a man, identified as former Texas governor John B. Connally, standing behind a wooden podium at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. On the front of the podium is a sign that reads, "Institute of Texas Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio." A few people are seated in fold-up chairs behind him.
Date: August 3, 1978
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Frontier Playland]

Description: Color photograph of several children playing on rustic, wooden see-saws set on a grassy area at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. There are five see-saws in view; three of them are occupied with children. In the background are open, covered areas.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fur Pelts on Display]

Description: Color photograph of a few animal pelts on display at a booth belonging to "Trapper Max" Deike, one of many booths at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are laid out on a table, where three children and a man observe them.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Game of Bocci]

Description: Color photograph of a game of bocce ball in progress next to a vine-covered metal fence at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Large black and red balls surround the smaller, orange ball, known as the jack, or the boccino ball. Three people stand in the background; one of them has just launched a red ball, which is in the air.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, working on a small piece of leather with a few tools at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table. A larger piece of leather is hanging on the chain link fence behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, puncturing a small piece of leather with a few tools. He has his own table in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancers]

Description: Black and white photograph of teenagers performing a German folk dance at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are dressed in traditional German folk attire. Each dancing couple is embracing as part of the choreography.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Gerry Doyle, standing at the front of a room and writing on a chalkboard. He is teaching handwriting and calligraphy as a craft in a one-room school at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Pupils with paper, pen, and personal-sized chalkboards sit at desks on either side of him. A few spectators are standing in the doorway or are looking through the window to watch him teach.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting]

Description: Color photograph of a man standing at the front of a room and writing on a chalkboard. He is identified as Gerry Doyle; he is teaching handwriting and calligraphy as a craft in a one-room school at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Pupils with paper and pen sit at desks on either side of him. A few spectators are seated against the wall to watch him teach.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Gerry Doyle, standing with a poster that reads, "But our handwriting doesn't seem to be getting much better." He is teaching handwriting as a craft in the one-room school on the Texas Folklife Festival grounds. He is holding up the poster near a female pupil of his handwriting class, who is seated at a desk and has a personal-sized chalkboard in front of her. She is leaning sideways to get a better look at the poster. A sheet with ampersands written in red hangs on th… more
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting]

Description: Color photograph of a man standing and leaning over a desk in front of him. Behind him is a chalkboard with yellow chalked lettering written on its surface. He is identified as Gerry Doyle; he is teaching handwriting and calligraphy as a craft in a one-room school at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting in the One-Room School]

Description: Black and white photograph of Gerry Doyle standing front and center in a one-room school on the grounds of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is teaching handwriting to a number of individuals sitting in the classroom as students. Behind him is a chalkboard with the word "tea" written in a calligraphic style. A poster featuring more calligraphic characters is propped up to his left.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gerry Doyle Teaching Handwriting to a Young Girl]

Description: Color photograph of a man, identified as Gerry Doyle, teaching a young girl the craft of handwriting on a small chalkboard on the desk before her. The young girl is wearing a shirt that reads "SALLY" on its front. Behind them and to their right are open windows. They are in the one-room school on the Texas Folklife Festival grounds.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Grist Mill]

Description: Color photograph of a red grist mill, a special antique relic on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Knelt next to it is a man named Matt Pantalion, who is from Nacogdoches. He is watching the grist mill work, as the conveyer belt rotates and the corn kernels, though only a few are visible, are processed.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Guadalupe de Pena, Pinata Maker]

Description: Black and white photograph of Guadalupe de Pena, a woman who makes pinatas. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding up an egg carton full of cascarons. One of her pinatas sits next to her; several more pinatas are hanging behind her.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

H.B. "Pat" Zachry, Storyteller

Description: Black and white photograph of H.B. Zachry, also known as Pat, who is a storyteller and a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing in front of a wooden chair with a pointing stick in his hands. To his right is a poster-sized picture of a tractor, set on a collapsible easel.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hal Rother, Drum Major of the Alamo City Highlanders]

Description: Color photograph of the Hal Rother, the drum major of the Alamo City Highlanders, a group performing at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is in uniform: a khaki shirt, a red sash, and a black leather sash covered in metal decorations. On his head he is wearing a tall fur cap. In the foreground is the knobbed top of a metal staff.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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