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[Smoky Wilson Announcing the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Smoky Wilson announcing a performance of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. A large crowd sits on the grassy hill around him as they prepare to watch the performance.
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Malcolm Derden, portraying Dr. Millard from Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Malcolm speaks into a microphone in front of a large yellow painted backdrop. He wears a white vest over black pants, a black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of Malcolm Derden and Smoky Wilson performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival as part of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show. Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and a red bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. Malcolm plays the role of Dr. Millard, wearing a white vest, shirt, black pants, black bow tie, and a black cowboy hat.
[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas]
Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are arranged in a circle. Every other dancer is of the opposite sex. The women wrap their hands around the necks of members next to them. Each man wraps his arms around the waists of then women next to her, lifting each woman in the air as they spin in a circle. The dancers are wearing white shirts with either red pants or red skirts.
[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The male dancers are holding long metal spears and wearing white shirts with loose red pants and black cummerbunds. Two of the men are squatting on the ground with their spears extending underneath the feet of the other two dancers, who are jumping in the air with their spears raised.
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show. In the photograph, Smoky stands on the far left of the stage , wearing a coonskin cap and red bandanna on top of a floral shirt, denim pants, and suspenders. To the right of Smoky, Malcolm Derden plays the role of the Doctor in the show, while Glenda White performs a dance for the audience.
[Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]
Photograph of the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Smoky and Glenda sing a song together, dressed in pioneer clothing as a crowd of festival participants watch the performance.
[Kevin Fitzpatrick Teaching Roping Techniques]
Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Kevin wears a black cowboy hat, white collared shirt, and denim jeans tucked into cowboy boots. Children stand around Kevin as he teaches the techniques.
[Graciela Wilborn Embroidering a Pillow]
Photograph of Graciela Wilborn at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Graciela, a member of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers, is embroidering a bolster pillow with a circular floral pattern.
[Marcia Breaz Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Marcia Breaz performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Marcia wears a braided band across her forehead, a sleeveless dress with tasseled fringe on the shoulders, and a metal and leather belt. She sings into a corded microphone on a stage.
[Rusty Cox Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Rusty Cox playing guitar at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Rusty holds the guitar against his body with his left hand as he strums with his right hand, wearing a plaid shirt, cowboy hat, and a tie-dye guitar strap.
[Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of storyteller Elizabeth Ellis at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Elizabeth is standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone in front of an audience of festival-goers. Elizabeth wears a short-sleeved shirt with a diamond-rope pattern on the front and shoulder, glasses, and bracelets on her wrist.
[Dr. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show]
Photograph of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky, pictured left, Glenda, pictured in the center, and Malcom, pictured right, are speaking to the audience in microphones. Smoky wears denim overalls over a long-sleeve floral shirt while Glenda wears a floor-length calico dress. Malcom wears a white jacket with black trim and a black hat. Members of the audience are visible around the stage.
[Photograph of Joe Newton and Jack Maguire]
Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Jack Maguire, executive director at the Institute of Texas Cultures, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the right, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his left, Jack wears a short-sleeved plaid shirt tucked into dark pants.
[Musical Performance by Andres Acosta]
Photograph of Andres Acosta performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Andres wears a blue suit and sombrero with silver detailing along the seams. He sings into a microphone in front of his back-up band, consisting of three guitar players and three trumpet players.
[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in rows, holding the hands of their partners high above their heads as other dancers duck below their arms. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants. People watch the performance around three sides of the raised stage.
[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers]
Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in five rows. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants.
[Leon Carter and the Texas Funteers]
Photograph of the Texas Funteers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, three men are standing on a red stage with a Texas flag backdrop and a large canopy. The man on the far left is wearing red overalls, a tall canvas hat, and leather boots with a black and tan diamond pattern. He is playing a guitar made of a toilet seat. The man in the center of the photograph playing a banjo, wearing jeans with red suspenders, a striped tie, brown boots, and a felt hat. The man on the far right of the photograph is wearing a red shirt underneath a pair of denim overalls and an over-sized polka-dot bow tie. He sings into a microphone with one bare foot balanced on an upside-down metal tub.
[Bill Shugart and the Texas Funteers]
Photograph of Bill Shugart performing with the Texas Funteers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill is playing a banjo on a stage with a Texas flag backdrop and a large canopy shading the performance area. He is wearing denim jeans with red suspenders, a striped tie, and brightly-colored pattern shirt, tucked into leather cowboy boots.
[Leon Carter Performing with the Texas Funteers]
Photograph of Leon Carter playing a toilet-seat guitar with his musical group, the Texas Funteers. He is wearing red overalls tucked into cowboy points with a black and tan diamond pattern. The Texas Funteers are playing at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas.
[Tom Bingham Demonstrating Woodcarving]
Photograph of Tom Bingham demonstrating wood carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Tom sits on a wooden chair, holding a block of wood with one hand, and a carving tool in another. A boy in front of Tom, holding a balloon and watching Tom work. Behind them, another man is standing and carving a piece of wood. Tom is a member of the Woodcarvers of Houston.
[Ronnie Fiedler Building Cowhide Chairs]
Photograph of Ronnie Fiedler building cowhide chairs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ronnie is wearing a red shirt with white stripes, jeans, and a leather belt. He is stringing thin strips of leather through a wooden frame. Participants at the Festival watch Ronnie as he builds the chairs.
[Suzann Thompson Crocheting A Blanket]
Photograph of Suzann Thompson crocheting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Suzann is sitting by a table covered in blankets, wearing a white dress with a name-tag attached to it. She holds on crochet needle with her right hand while feeding the yarn with her left hand. A boy, her brother Van Thompson, sits behind her at a different table, holding a crochet needle and a piece of paper.
[Bill Corkery at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of "Cowboy" Bill Corkery demonstrating rope techniques to children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bill is standing in a grassy area wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, cowboy hat and tan belt. He is twirling a piece of rope tied into a circle with his mouth. Three girls to his left and one boy to his right are watching Bill as he performs.
[Cowboy Bill Crockery Demonstrating Lasso Techniques]
Photograph of "Cowboy" Bill Corkery demonstrating rope techniques to children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bill is standing in a grassy area wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, cowboy hat and tan belt. He is twirling a piece of rope tied into a circle with one hand. Three girls to his left and one boy to his right are learning the technique. Participants of the festival are visible behind Bill.
[Dorothy Williams Selling Pysanky Easter Eggs]
Photograph of Dorothy Williams displaying Pysanky Easter Eggs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Dorothy is sitting in a chair wearing a white dress with ribbon embroidery. A table with a large case full of fist-sized, elaborately painted Easter Eggs lies on the table in front of her.
[Drinking from a Bota]
Photograph of Fernando Herrera and Alberto Mendoza helping a participant at the Texas Folklife Festival learning how to drink from a bota at the Spanish booth. In the photograph, Fernando is holding the bota in the air in front of the participant, who leans backward with his mouth open, wearing a red plastic bib. A bota is a traditional Spanish receptacle for holding liquids.
[Fernando Herrera Demonstrating How to Use the Bota]
Photograph of Fernando Herrera helping a participant at the Texas Folklife Festival learning how to drink from a bota at the Spanish booth. In the photograph, Fernando is holding the bota in the air in front of the participant, who leans backward with his mouth open, wearing a red plastic bib. A bota is a traditional Spanish receptacle for holding liquids.
[Rick Pratt Building a Boat at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Rick Pratt building a boat at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick straddles the frame of the boat, leaning over to hammer a nail into the side. Participants from the festival watch Rick as he builds.
[Boat Building at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Rick Pratt, Cameron Pratt, and Army Emmott building a boat at the Texas Folklife Festival. Rick Pratt stands to the left, wearing a white shirt and blue shorts as he lifts the boat frame. Army, pictured center wearing a tan shirt, shorts and burgundy hat, moves a hay bale underneath the frame. Cameron is turned away from the camera wearing a dark blue shirt, light blue shorts, and a blue bandanna around her hair.
[Peter Breaz Performing with the Hickory and the Tennessee Valley Authority Jam Session]
Photograph of Peter Breaz performing with the Hickory and Tennessee Valley Authority Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Peter is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone, wearing a pair of jeans and a white satin shirt with red cuffs.
[Hickory and the Tennessee Valley Authority Jam Session]
Photograph of the Hickory and Tennessee Valley Authority evening jam session at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Five men and one woman are playing musical instruments on a stage surrounded by a crowd of festival-goers. The man on the far left plays the banjo, and to his right, a man in a striped shirt plays a violin. The two men in the center of the group play the guitar. On the far right, a woman plays a cello while wearing a white visor. A man to her right is playing a white electric guitar.
[Bocce Ball at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of participants at the Texas Folklife Festival playing bocce ball. Four children are standing in a row waiting their turn. The play arena is lined with hay bales. Children and adults watch the game of bocce ball.
[Children Playing Bocce Ball]
Photograph of participants at the Texas Folklife Festival playing bocce ball. Four children are standing in a row waiting their turn to play. The play arena consists of a grassy area lined with hay bales. Children and adults watch the game of bocce ball from outside of the hay bales.
[Wedding of Susan and Ken Carruthers]
Photograph of the wedding ceremony of Susan and Ken Carruthers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Susan and Ken are standing together in front of a man holding a small booklet. Both the men are wearing traditional military uniforms from the Texas Republic era. Susan is wearing a white wedding dress with lace sleeves and a tulle veil, while carrying a bouquet of flowers.
[Bud Olson Demonstrating Wood-Carving]
Photograph of Bud Olson carving a figurine at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bud, a member of the Houston Area Woodcarvers, sits in a striped chair as he uses a tool to remove bits of wood from his figurine. Other members sit around him as they work.
[Claudia Deborah Caning a Chair]
Photograph of Claudia Deborah chair caning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia is seated in a booth, weaving the seat of a chair with fiber strands. She wears a white shirt with a lace collar and a striped skirt.
[Travis Kuykendall, Muleskinner from Uvalde, Texas]
Photograph of Travis Kuykendall, a muleskinner from Uvalde, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Travis stands to the right of a mule, holding the reins with his left hand. Travis wears a plaid shirt tucked into a braided belt over denim jeans, a cowboy hat, and dark glasses.
[San Antonio Irish Dancers]
Photograph of the San Antonio Irish Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the young members on the group are dancing with members of the audience on the stage.
[Fishing Hole at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of a child fishing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy is holding a pole made out a cut branch and a string. He leans over the large metal tank as other festival participants watch.
[Tom Bringham Demonstrating Wood-Carving]
Photograph of Tom Bringham, from the Houston Area Woodcarvers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Tom is carving a figurine of a Native American out of a thick tree branch. Tom wears a plaid shirt, jeans, and glasses.
[Sweet Song String Band]
Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman and a small child are sitting in separate chairs, playing a large stringed instrument. Both the woman and child wear dresses made of the same fabric. The child wears an apron tied at the shoulders, and the woman wears her apron tied around her waist. Two members of the band are visible to the left and right of the photograph.
[United Fiddlers Association Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of members of the United Fiddler's Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a young boy, Jay Schodts, is playing the fiddle in front of Irving Ballard playing the guitar. Festival participants stand behind the group, watching the performance.
[Child Playing Fiddle]
Photograph of a young boy playing the fiddle with the United Fiddlers Association. In the photograph, the boy is wearing a white buttoned shirt, jeans, and tall cowboy hat. His fiddle is tucked under his chin, accompanied by two men wearing matching uniforms, one playing the guitar, and the other playing the cello.
[Virginia Monroe Weaving a Basket]
Photograph of Virginia Monroe creating a basket at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, another woman is leaning over Virginia, showing her how to properly weave the basket. Both women are wearing historical clothing. Other female weavers are visible behind them, also working on baskets.
[Photograph of Joe Newton and Roger Sackett]
Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Roger Sackett, Institute of Texas Cultures Docent, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the left, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his right, Roger wears a short-sleeved shirt with a patch sewn on the pocket with dark pants and a watch.
[Photograph of Joe Newton]
Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Joe stands with his arm outstretched, tipping his hat to the photographer. He wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt.
[Fernando Herrera Demonstrating How to Drink from a Bota]
Photograph of Fernando Herrera teaching a visitor how to drink from a bota at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Fernando is guiding the arm of the visitor as hold the bota to his mouth.
Spinners and Weavers from the Austin Co-op
Photograph of Spinners and Weavers from the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two women are carding wool in front of spectators and craft booths.
[Louis Herrick Caning a Chair]
Photograph of Louis Herrick caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Louis is standing behind the chair, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and jeans. He holds the individual fibers used to weave the pattern with both hands.
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