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[Quirt Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Johnny T. Neal Jr. working on a quirt handle at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Johnny wears a straw hat with a brown and white band, a plaid shirt, and denim jeans. He holds a small silver tool in his hand as he finishes the handle of a quirt, used to herd cattle.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Pelt Displays]

Description: Photograph of Richard Rast at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Richard, a varmint hunter, displays his pelts to a festival participant, including skunk and squirrel.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Pottery Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Pete Payne demonstrating pottery techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Pete stands behind a table with his hands immersed in a bowl of clay mixture. With his other hand, he forms a small pot as festival participants watch. Pete is a master potter from Marshall Pottery.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Alabama-Coushatta Dancers]

Description: Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers perform on a concrete stage underneath a yellow and orange canopy. A large audience of festival participants sit along the edges of the stage as the dancers perform.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Ballet Folklorico Dancer]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Ballet Folklorico performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a bright red dress trimmed in yellow ric-rac, and yellow, green, and pink ribbon. She wears a red sombrero on her head and white lace-up boots on her feet. A crowd of festival participants watches the performs on a grassy hill in front of the grey concrete stage.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Felicita Sosa Making Tortillas]

Description: Photograph of Felicita Sosa making tortillas at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Felicita wears a red shirt and a blue skirt with an apron tied around her waist. Her hands are emerged in a bowl of dough, mixing the ingredients required of tortilla making.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Bayou City Attic Singers]

Description: Photograph of the Bayou City Attic Singers performing at the Texas Folklife in San Antonio, Texas. Five women and two men perform on a raised platform underneath a canopy of palm leaves. The women wear denim skirts with matching vests, while the men wear denim pants with matching plaid shirts. One woman plays the acoustic guitar and one man plays the electric guitar, while the remaining five band members sing.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Mexican Market]

Description: Photograph of the Mexican market at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman uses a wooden rolling pin to form tortillas. Another woman, standing to her left, cooks the tortillas on the grill. A third woman and a man stand behind them, preparing other parts of the food available at the Mexican market.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon]

Description: Photograph of the Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon serving food at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two men stand behind a metal table, wearing black cowboy hats, brown leather belts and denim jeans, smiling for the photographer. The food booth, containing several metal tables for festival participants to sit and eat, as well as cooking stations, is shaded with brown canvas.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Guadalupe De Pena's Pinata and Cascarone Booth]

Description: Photograph of a Guadalupe Pena's booth selling pinatas and cascarones at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man stands behind a table with cascarones, or confetti eggs, across it. A woman arranges the many pinatas attached with string to the metal posts that form the booth's enclosure.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Drop-Spinning Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a drop spinning demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman wearing a striped shirt with a long denim skirt and a sash tied around her waist holds a piece of yarn attached to the spindle. A woman sits in a chair behind her, embroidering a piece of fabric.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Gun Engraving Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Frank Hendricks demonstrating gun engraving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Frank leans over an intricate machine used to tightly secure the gun and etches out patterns in the hard metals of the barrel.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Trick Roper Bruce Montague]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague roping a child at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bruce stands in a grassy clearing, wearing a cowboy hat, a blue shirt, khaki pants, and brown leather boots. He leans forward, balancing on one foot as he holds a rope with his hands. A child stands in front of him, wrapped in rope from his chest to his knees. A crowd of adults and children sit at the edge of the clearing, watching the roping demonstration.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Doris Riedel Making Lye Soap]

Description: Photograph of Doris Riedel making lye soap at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Doris wears a blue dress and apron as she stands beside an iron pot hanging over an open fire. She stirs the lye within the pot with a long wooden paddle.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Historical Re-enactors]

Description: Photograph of historical reenactors at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and two boys wear large straw hats, long-sleeve taupe shirts and white pants, red sashes, bullhorns, ammunition bags, and guns. Festival participants stand behind the reenactors, watching other festival activities.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Elsie the Cow on Display]

Description: Photograph of Elsie the Cow making an appearance at the 9th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Elsie has a necklace of daisies around her neck and a red blanket on her back. Festival participants rest their hands on the sides of her elaborate stall.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Becky Garza and Anthony Medrano, members of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, performing Mexican folk dances from the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The female dancers wear white shirts, brown skirts, and orange ribbons in their hair, while the men wear brown jackets, khaki pants, plaid shirts, and orange bandannas tied around their necks.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Mexican Folk Dancing]

Description: Photograph of Mexican folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Several women wearing bright yellow, orange, and green dresses perform onstage in front of festival participants. Each girl wears a bright white bow in her hair and large gold earrings.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Flamenco dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of members of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Several women,wearing blue and green tops and long skirts, with many ruffles along the sleeves and hem, dance for festival participants. They wear white ribbons in their hair and white bandannas around their necks.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Mexican Folk Dancer]

Description: Photograph of Mexican folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman stands in the center of the stage wearing an orange dress with layers of fabric in many different colors underneath the main skirt. A man and woman dance behind her, also wearing traditional Mexican dress.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Folk Dancing Performance]

Description: Photograph of Mexican folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman stands in the center of the stage wearing an orange dress with layers of ribbon along the bodice and skirt. She holds the hand of her dance partner high in the air as they dance for festival participants.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Folk Dancing Performers]

Description: Photograph of Mexican folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman stands in the center of the stage wearing an orange dress with layers of ribbon along the bodice and skirt. Her skirt flies high in the air, obscuring the view of the dancers behind her. Her partner stands to her left, wearing a bolero, black pants, boots, hat, and a gold belt.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
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