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[Man Holding Up Rooster]

Description: Photograph of a man holding up a rooster at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is about to place it into a mailbox raised high in the air, from which it will fly out of as part of the chicken flying contest. The only thing visible in the background is the partially cloudy sky.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a man holding up a chicken at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is about to place it into a mailbox raised high in the air, from which it will fly out of as part of the chicken flying contest. Another man standing behind him is holding a plunger and a piece of cardboard. The only thing visible in the background is the partially cloudy sky.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Linda Dietert Demonstrating Candle Dipping]

Description: Photograph of Linda Dietert, from New Braunfels, demonstrating candle dipping at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding a wooden dowel with a wick tied to the end of it. The wick is being dipped into a tall canister, presumably filled with wax. She is wearing a peasant blouse and lederhosen. She has straight short hair and big sunglasses.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Pianist at Gospel Stage]

Description: Photograph of an African-American woman playing the piano on the gospel stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a white pants suit with a dark blouse, glasses, and has short curly hair. There is a microphone set up for her but she is not using it. A woman standing behind her is facing the opposite direction and holding a microphone. In the background a man playing a piano with the group is visible.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Female Gospel Singer Perfomring]

Description: Photograph of a female gospel singer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a light-colored floral blouse and has sunglasses on her head. She is holding the microphone close to her mouth. Two other microphones on stands are visible, as well as a man off to the right.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Kadlecek Family Performing]

Description: Photograph of Ed J. Kadlecek, Jr. performing with his children at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on the right, playing accordion and leaning in to sing into the microphone. Younger daughter Nancy Lynn is directly in front of the microphone; her older sister is standing to the left and her brother is standing behind her. The children are all wearing lederhosen.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Female Alabama-Coushatta Indian Dancers]

Description: Photograph of female Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing side by side just outside of the covered booth area, wearing pioneer skirts and blouses, decorated with Indian jewelry and sashes. They all have their hair in long pigtails but the two women on the right have theirs in braids whereas the two younger girls on the left do not. All of them are holding square woven baskets. In the right background, an Indian man in a headdress is playi… more
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[O. T. Baker at Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of O. T. Baker at smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, brow-line glasses and a plaid shirt. His head is turned to the right and he is smiling. Behind him is a wooden shack with animal skins and a cow skull hanging on it.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Bill Leftwich Engraving Leather]

Description: Photograph of Bill Leftwich, western artist from Lubbock, engraving a scene on leather at the Texas Folklife Festival. With a mallet he is hammering a shaping tool into the leather to leave an impression. Hanging behind him are two portraits he has completed. His greased hair is partied in the middle and he is wearing black frame glasses and a dark shirt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[O. T. Baker Speaking to Festival Visitors]

Description: Photograph of O. T. Baker at smokehouse speaking to festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding the jawbone of some animal and is standing in front of a wooden shack that has a couple of cow skulls hanging on it. A sign on the shack says, "O. T. Baker, Smokehouse, Austin."
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Hazel Bowen Giving Children a Wagon Ride]

Description: Photograph of Hazel Bowen, wagon mistress from Antelope, giving a wagon ride at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a cowboy hat and driving a wagon with a young girl sitting to the right of her. More children are sitting in the back of the wagon. In the foreground, the horse pulling the wagon is partially visible.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Woman Helping Visitors at Souvenir and Information Booth]

Description: Photograph of a woman helping festival visitors at the Institute of Texan Cultures Information and Souvenirs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dark-haired woman is behind the booth, across from three festival visitors who are visible from behind. Hats, festival t-shirts, and buttons are hanging up all over the booth. Small signs are displaying price information for each item.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Institute of Texan Cultures Kiosk]

Description: Photograph of the Institute of Texan Cultures Information and Souvenirs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The square booth has t-shirts and hats hanging up inside of it. Two visitors are standing on one side talking to one of the four booth workers. At the top on each side is a sign that reads, "Kiosk, Souvenirs & Information."
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Muzzle Loader Instruction]

Description: Photograph of a man instructing a boy on shooting a muzzle loader (gun with charge loaded from muzzle) at the Texas Folklife Festival. The boy is in the foreground aiming the rifle to the right. The man is behind him in the middle ground holding the barrel and watching him carefully. Behind him is a large pile of straw.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Daisy Potter with Raul Jimenez]

Description: Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," being escorted by Raul Jimenez, president of Jimenez Food Products, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and is carrying an open parasol. The couple is walking between two tables filled with yam pies in Gilmer Yamboree.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Daisy Potter Presenting Raul Jimenez with Yam Pie]

Description: Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," presenting a yam pie topped with Jimenez peppers to Raul Jimenez, president of Jimenez Food Products, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and a homemade crown with the image of a possum on it. She is standing in the center, handing the pie to Jimenez on the left. Jack F. (Spot) Baird is on the right, speaking into a microphone.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Daisy Potter Feeding Yam Pie to a Visitor's Dog]

Description: Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," feeding a yam pie to a visitor's dog at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and a homemade crown with the image of a possum on it. She is kneeling to the left of a large black and white spotted dog presenting it with a small piece of pie on a napkin.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Matt Pantalion at Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of Matt Pantalion, from Nacodoches, next to the grist mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is kneeling on the ground next to it with one hand on the funnel where the grain is poured in. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, glasses, a white moustache, a button-up shirt, and jeans.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Brooks D. Baker Holding A Handful of Hominy]

Description: Photograph of Brooks D. Baker, from Deer Park, at Hominy Making School at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a handful of raw hominy he scooped up from a ceramic jar in front of him. He is wearing brow-line glasses, a plaid shirt and plaid pants. Next to the ceramic jar is a bottle of lye and a container of Morton salt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Hazel Bowen Driving a Wagon]

Description: Photograph of Hazel Bowen, wagon mistress from Antelope, giving a wagon ride at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a cowboy hat and driving a wagon with a young girl sitting to the right of her. More children are sitting in the back of the wagon.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Corn Shucking Contest]

Description: Photograph of a boy participating in a corn shucking contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy holds a kernel of corn against his chest as he pulls the shuck away with his left hand. Festival participants stand behind the boy, watching the progress of the competition.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

[Rocky Tays Stuffing Sausage]

Description: Photograph of Rocky Tays, from New Braunfels Wurstfest, doing a sausage stuffing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a striped apron, a striped shirt, and a German-style hat covered in pins and charms as he holds a casing in front of the hand-cranked stuffer on the table in front of him. Also on the table are two bowls and some glass jars containing spices and seasoning. A few people are behind him, watching.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
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