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[Boy Learning Shingle Splitting]

Description: Photograph of a boy trying out shingle splitting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a large mallet with both hands, hammering down on a stump of wood. A few other children and a couple of adults are watching him.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Boy Learning to Whittle]

Description: Photograph of a boy learning to whittle at whittling school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has brown hair and is wearing a small straw hat and a green and white tank top. He is holding a small piece of wood, carving it with a small knife.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Boy Looking at Two Chickens]

Description: Photograph of a boy looking at two chickens in the Alamo Poultry Club exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped polo shirt and shorts, the dark-haired boy is standing on the left, looking at a cage on the right containing two chickens. He has a big smile on his face.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Boy Standing Next to a Dairy Cow]

Description: Photograph of a young boy standing next to a light-colored dairy cow at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The blonde boy is on the right, smiling, and wearing a white and navy t-shirt, and red gym shorts. The cow is wearing a bell and a rope halter.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Boys Playing Wheelbarrow Game]

Description: Photograph of a blindfolded boy pushing another boy in a wheel barrow in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy riding is directing the blindfolded boy to push the wheelbarrow through a wooden arch. A young man is standing next to them to provide additional assistance.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Bruce Montague Lassoing a Group of Children]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, lassoing a group of children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of children are sitting on a small hay bale and Montague is standing next to them. The very large lasso is enveloping all of them. A few spectators are gathered around to watch.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Bruce Montague Roping with Two Lassos]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, roping with two lassos at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is spinning one of the lassos around his waist while he steps into another smaller lasso near the ground. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Bruce Montague Trick Roping]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Montague doing trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on the grass spinning his lasso around. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg]

Description: Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A group of young men in solid color bunny suits are standing in a cluster playing instruments. Each member is wearing a different color suit. The band leader is in a blue bunny suit, facing the camera and holding a silver baton. Visible instruments include, trumpets, a saxophone, a marching band style bass drum, and more assorted drums.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Cajun Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The singer is out in front, holding a microphone and standing in front of a fiddler and an accordion player. A guitarist is standing on the right side of the stage and a bassist and lap steel player are on the far left. At the back of the stage is the drummer, amongst many amps and speakers. The stage is set up at the bottom of a brush-covered hill.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[El Campo German Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the El Campo German Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a young man wearing lederhosen is twirling around a girl in a peasant-style dress. Other couples twirling onstage are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Cart of Mexican Candy and Fruit]

Description: Photograph of a red roving cart filled with Mexican candy and fruit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The cart is decorated with many different colors of paper flowers. Two young women are standing at the cart, ready to serve festival visitors. One of the young women is holding a watermelon and wearing a traditional Mexican dress, red with yellow embroidery.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Catherine Carpenter Making Jelly]

Description: Photograph of Catherine Carpenter making jelly in the jelly and preserves booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a peasant blouse, a long skirt, and protective gloves, she is squeezing a bundle of fruit gathered in cloth. The juice is going through a strainer and is gathered in a metal pot.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Catherine Carpenter Making Jelly]

Description: Photograph of Catherine Carpenter, from Mountain Home, making jelly at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a white peasant blouse, a yellow floral skirt, and protective blue gloves, she is squishing fruit wrapped in a white t-shirt.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Charles Davis Demonstrating Wood Carving]

Description: Photograph of Charles Davis, from Comfort, Texas, demonstrating wood carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The figure he is carving is laid out on an angled work surface, and looks like some kind of mythical creature with wings. Davis has shaggy brown hair and a mustache. He is wearing a white shirt and jeans.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Charles Knight Working on Treadle Lathe]

Description: Photograph of Charles Knight carving wood on a treadle lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He powers the lathe by pumping the foot pedal, or treadle, which causes the piece of wood to rotate on a fixed axis. He is sitting in front of a wall display of wooden vases and trinkets.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Charlie Havard Demonstrating Fish Net Tying]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Havard demonstrating fish net tying at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting in a lawn chair holding an unfinished net and looking toward the camera. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, browline glasses, and a navy shirt with light blue and orange dots.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Charlie Havard Making a Fish Net]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Havard demonstrating how to make a fish net at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing overalls and a straw hat, he is sitting in a lawn chair tying knots in a nylon rope that is attached to a table in front of him.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Charlie Havard Making a Fish Net]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Havard demonstrating fish net tying at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting in a lawn chair holding a spool of nylon rope which he is using to construct the net. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, browline glasses, navy pants, and a navy shirt with light blue and orange dots.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Chicken Fried Steak at Cactus Cafe]

Description: Photograph of two smiling festival workers holding a basket of chicken fried steak fingers and gravy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy on the right is wearing tinted glasses, a blue shirt, and conductor overalls. The girl on the left is also wearing a blue shirt.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Children Riding Artificial Horse]

Description: Photograph of four children pretending to ride on an artificial horse in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The horse is tied next to a tree and has circles painted around its eyes. The girl in the front is wearing a striped shirt and a bucket hat. Three more girls are sitting behind her.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
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