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[Onion Bobbing Contest]
Photograph of an onion bobbing game at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a boy stand behind a yellow bathtub filled with water and onions. A boy sits in front of the bathtub next to a sign reading "Onion Bobbing Here."
[Onion Bobbing Contest]
Photograph of an onion bobbing game at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a boy stand behind a yellow bathtub filled with water and onions. A boy sits in front of the bathtub next to a sign reading "Onion Bobbing Here."
[Teruyo Colve Preparing Wantons]
Photograph of Teruyo Colver preparing wantons in the Japanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Teruyo wears a traditional kimono of white fabric with delicate blue flowers, a yellow sash, and a white flower and feather comb in her hair. She fries the wantons in a large deep pan.
[Italian Food Booth]
Photograph of a woman preparing a pizza in the Italian booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a green cardigan over a white shirt with dark sunglasses and white beaded jewelry. She holds an unfinished pizza in her hand and she spread cheese over the dough.
[Chalupa Preparation]
Photograph of festival participants preparing chalupas in the Mexican Food Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman wearing a polka dotted blouse and denim skirt wears plastic gloves over her hands as she puts meat on a baked tortilla. Next to her, a man wearing a red, white and blue hat with a blue shirt and jeans, puts lettuce and tomatoes on a baked tortilla.
[Chuck Tate Serving Chili]
Photograph of Chuck Tate serving chili in the Chili Appreciation Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Chuck wears a green buttoned shirt underneath a red vest covered with various pins and name tags, a cowboy hat and sunglasses. He ladles chili from a large metal pot into a bowl.
[German Sausage]
Photograph of a woman preparing German sausage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, wearing a pink floral dress with white lace trim wraps a piece of sausage in a paper towel. She stands in front of a table covered with a vinyl tablecloth and a pressure cooker.
[Possumology Lecture]
Photograph of Jack "Spot" Baird giving a possumolgy lecture at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack, also known as the "Texas Possum King," points to a drawing of himself while speaking into a microphone. He wears a pair of denim overalls, a floral shirt, and a tan hat as he speaks to the audience.
[Guacamole Preparation]
Photograph of a woman preparing guacamole at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, wearing a brown and white shirt and a brown headband, slices the top of a tomato into a bowl of guacamole. A pile of tomatoes and avocados is placed to the right of the bowl of guacamole.
[Filipino Food Booth ]
Photograph of a woman serving Inihaw at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Inihaw, is a Filipino recipe of barbecue chicken. The woman wears a white blouse with blue floral embroidery, a pearl necklace, and a plaid skirt as she passes a piece of inihaw to a festival participant.
[Greek Souflaki Food Booth]
Photograph of a woman serving souflaki in the Greek booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a red scarf covering her hair, a white blouse with red embroidery, and khaki pants as she holds a stick of souflaki.
[Japanese Food Food Booth]
Photograph of Teruyo Colver and Sydney Sako preparing wantons in the Japanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Teruyo wears a traditional kimono of white fabric with delicate blue flowers, a yellow sash, and a white flower and feather comb in her hair. She fries the wantons in a large deep pan as Sydney holds a bowl out for Teruyo.
[Mexican Food Booth]
Photograph of women preparing flautas in the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. One woman rolls meat into tortillas while another woman pulls a flauta from the fryer. Festival participants are visible behind the booth, sampling vendor fares.
[Mexican Food Booth]
Photograph of a man grilling beef in the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man wears an orange shirt with checkered pants and a white apron as he turns steaks on an open grill.
[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]
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.
[Railroad Spike Driving]
Photograph of railroad spike driving demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wielding a pick-axe leans over a railroad section constructed inside the festival. Festival participants stand around the railroad section, watching him drive the spike into the wood.
[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.
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Parade]
Photograph of Roger Bourne leading the Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band in the opening parade of the Texas Folklife Festival. Roger and his band wear tan shirts with yellow sashes, red plaid kilts, white leather boots and tall black hats. The parade walks along a gravel road outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. Behind the band, a group of women wearing traditional Dutch clothing carry balloons.
[Roger Bourne Leading the Alamo City Highlanders]
Photograph of Roger Bourne leading the Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band in the opening parade of the Texas Folklife Festival. Roger and his band wear tan shirts with red plaid kilts and tall black hats. The parade walks over the large grassy hill outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures.
[Texas Folklife Festival Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band lead the parade, wearing kilts with tan shirts, yellow sashes, and black hats. Roger Bourne in foreground.
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Ceremony]
Photograph of Jack Maguire, the executive director at the Institute of Texas Culture, introducing Governor Dolph Briscoe at the Texas Folklife Festival. Jack stands in front of a large audience wearing a navy pinstripe suit and a plaid tie.
[Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]
Photograph of Governor Dolph Briscoe and his wife, Janey, cutting the opening ceremonies ribbon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Governor Briscoe wears a navy suit with a striped tie, while Janey wears a peach-colored dress and gold necklace.
[Governor Dolph Briscoe Opening The Festival]
Photograph of the opening ceremony at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Governor Dolph Briscoe is speaking to a large audience outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures, wearing a navy suit and a striped tie. Several reporters hold microphones and tape recorders towards Governor Briscoe as he speaks.
[Texas Folklife Festival Annual Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the parade, wearing clothing unique to his or her own culture, carry balloons as they walk along the gravel parade route. The Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band leads the parade. Members wear kilts with tan shirts, yellow sashes, and black hats.
[Governor Dolph Briscoe Opening Ceremonies]
Photograph of the opening ceremony at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Governor Dolph Briscoe is speaking to a large audience outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures, wearing a navy suit and a striped tie.
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Ceremony]
Photograph of Governor Dolph Briscoe and his wife, Janey, inside the Institute of Texas Cultures during the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The governor and his wife stand beneath a painted portrait of the governor himself.
[Texas Folklife Festival Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]
Photograph of Governor Dolph Briscoe and his wife, Janey, cutting the opening ceremonies ribbon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Governor Briscoe wears a navy suit with a striped tie, while Janey wears a peach-colored dress and gold necklace. A man wearing a green shirt decorated with various patches and a red bandanna shows his elaborate straw hat to the governor.
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the parade, wearing clothing unique to his or her own culture, carry balloons as they walk along the gravel parade route.
[Texas Folklife Festival Annual Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the parade, wearing clothing unique to his or her own culture, carry balloons as they walk along the gravel parade route.
[Institute of Texas Cultures Parade]
Photograph of Roger Bourne leading the Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band in the opening parade of the Texas Folklife Festival. Roger and his band wear tan shirts with yellow sashes, red plaid kilts, white leather boots and tall black hats. The parade walks along a gravel road outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures.
[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.
[San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association]
Photograph of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association performing a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two members of the association rest on one knee, firing blanks at demonstrators dressed as Native Americans. A crowd of festival participants watch the demonstration from behind the fenced-off area.
[Festival Demonstration]
Photograph of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association and the Alamo City Highlanders performing a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two groups are walking across the hillside outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. The Alamo City Highlanders are wearing white shirts tucked into red plaid kilts.
[Cow Milking Contest]
Photograph of a cow milking contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two men wearing white shirts with jeans and brown belts lean over cows as they race to milk them completely.
[Jerry Young Processing Cane]
Photograph of Jerry Young visiting the cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry stands next to his two white mules yoked to work at the cane mill. His Texas Folklife Festival name tag is attached to the top of his cowboy hat. He is also wearing a denim shirt, khaki pants, and a leather belt. Crowds of festival participants are visible behind the mules, watching the cane being processed.
[Cane Mill at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Jerry Young feeding cane into the cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry wears a denim shirt and khaki pants with a tan cowboy hat. In the background, a pair of oxen give festival participants rides around the festival.
[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.
[Max Deike and His Fur Pelts]
Photograph of Max Deike, also known as Trapper Max, examining fur pelts at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Max wears a tan cowboy hat with a plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses. He sits behind a table covered in various fur pelts, demonstrating his knowledge to festival-participants.
[Brewing Booth]
Photograph of Floyd Schneider teaching brewing techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Floyd sits in a chair wearing a straw hat and a white shirt, pointing to a chart on the wall titled "The Art of Brewing," and speaking to festival participants about the art of brewing beer.
[Virge T. Williams with Hog Dog]
Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams and Hog Dog at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Virge wears a green shirt with jeans and a tan cowboy hat. He holds his dog, Hog Dog, in his lap.
[Quirt Making]
Photograph of T.R. "Rowdy" Pate, making a quirt rope, a type of whip for cattle, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. T.R. is wearing a black hat with jeans and a white buttoned-up shirt. He holds a tan piece of rawhide in his hands as he weaves the quirt.
[Lye Soap Making]
Photograph of Doris Riedel making lye soap at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Doris wears a denim shirt and jeans with tan shoes. She stirs the contents of an iron pot, heating over a pile of burning kindling.
[Drop Spinning Demonstration]
Photograph of Kathleen Smolik demonstrating drop spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a blue dress with a white apron embroidered with large strawberries. She holds the drop spindle in her hands, spinning fibers into thread.
[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.
[Broad Ax Timber Shaping]
Photograph of Rick Smith timber shaping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Rick stands on a large log, raising an axe in the air before bringing it down on a large piece of timber. Rick wears a striped shirt with jeans, suede boots, and a blue hat.
[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.
[Log Sawing]
Photograph of children learning how to saw logs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two children push and pull the long saw through an overturned tree trunk.
[Jethro Holmes and His Ox]
Photograph of Jethro Holmes and his ox at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jethro wears a denim shirt and denim pants, a blue bow tie and a cowboy hat. He leans on his black ox, surrounded by a bed of straw.
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