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University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Serial/Series Title:
1st Annual Texas Folklife Festival
Collection:
Texas Folklife Festival Collection
[Basket-Making Demonstration]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Alice Battise demonstrating Alabama-Coushatta basket-making in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, wearing Native American necklaces, and a purple dress with white and green trim. She has started weaving a small basket which is resting in her lap.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227180/
[Belgian Bowling]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a woman participating in Belgian bowling at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is outdoors, on the grass, next to a chain-link fence. She has just released a round, flat object that is rolling toward a wooden crate. The booth's sponsor, George DeWinne, is watching. Two other men are also watching in the background.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227125/
[Berm Sliding]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of children berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. Some children are sliding down a grassy hill while others climb to the top. Two tall buildings and the Institute of Texan Cultures are visible in the background.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227028/
[Bird's Eye View of "Cajun Country"]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph taken from bird's eye view of large, steep, grassy slope at the Texas Folklife Festival. Large yellow lettering is loosely arranged on the right side of the hill and reads "Cajun Country" which is sponsored by the Cajun Festival and Texas Champion Crawfish Races in Port Arthur. Some people are sitting or standing at the top of the slope where the ground levels out. The area behind them is decorated with pennant flags and contains a couple of booths. Many festival visitors are walking around this area. Several other people are standing or sitting close to the bottom of the slope. A few people are sitting on the lettering.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227136/
[Bird's Eye View of Drummer]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Bird's eye photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing at the back of a wooden stage and wearing black pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, and a red hat. Instrument cases and some cables are strewn around the drum set. Two people are sitting on the back of the stage in the top right of the photograph. A trash can is located offstage right behind the drummer.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227143/
[Bird's Eye View of the Institute of Texan Cultures]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Bird's eye photograph of the Institute of Texan Cultures during the first Texas Folklife Festival. The building and all the surrounding festival grounds are visible. In the left foreground in front of the building, there is a parking lot that is mostly full. The Institute of Texan Cultures building is in the middle of the photograph. Many people are visible, scattered all over the festival grounds. Behind the building is a highway that recedes to the back of the photograph. Trees and buildings are visible in the background of the photo, receding to the horizon.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth226983/
[Blacksmith Demonstration]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a man holding a piece of metal in a coal forge as part of a blacksmith demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. The forge is in the foreground and the man, wearing black glasses and and a cowboy hat, is in the middle ground. A few feet behind him, an anvil and hammer are visible. In the background, a few festival visitors are visible.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227019/
[Blacksmith Filing Horses Hoof]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a blacksmith demonstrating how to file a horse's hoof at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing at the rear of a white horse, facing the opposite direction. He has the horse's back right foot turned bottom up and held steady on a short, metal stand. He is bending over, scraping the bottom of the horse's hoof with a large file. Several spectators are gathered around to watch.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth226995/
[Blacksmith Nailing on Horseshoe]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a blacksmith demonstrating how to put on a horseshoe at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing at the rear of a white horse, facing the opposite direction. He has the horse's back right foot turned bottom up and held steady over his lap. He is bending over, hammering in the nails that attach the shoe to the horse's hoof. Spectators have gathered around to watch.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth226994/
[Bluegrass Band Performs]
Date: September 1972
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band, from San Antonio, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Starting from the left there is a female guitarist, a female string bassist, a male banjo player and a male slide guitarist. The men are wearing brown pants and yellow shirts. The women are wearing brown skirts and light brown shirts. The performance is outdoors on a grassy field with the Institute of Texan Cultures visible in the background.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth227121/