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[Apple Dolls]

Description: Color photograph of a group of four people surveying the array of apple dolls on the cloth-covered table before them. The display of dolls belongs to a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Making Pysanky Eggs at the Russian Booth]

Description: Color photograph of a man demonstrating how to make Pysanky eggs, a Ukrainian Easter egg, at the Russian booth. The booth is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several materials on the table include: mason jars of paint, a carton of eggs, finished eggs, and brushes. Two illustrated boards depicting St. Basil's Cathedral are also on the table.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Painting a Pysanky Egg]

Description: Color photograph of a woman wearing sunglasses, painting a Pysanky egg at the Russian booth, one of many booths at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Her egg is yellow, and she is using a wooden tool used in the Pysanky-making process to paint a design on the egg. There is a small wooden plank underneath her hands acting as a workspace.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Sauerkraut]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman named Leona Rust, making sauerkraut at the Kendall County Community Booth. It is one of many booths at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is using a wooden shredding board to shred the cabbage. The board is positioned over a large container to catch the cabbage.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Beekeepers Association Table]

Description: Black and white photograph of two girls, one standing and one seated at a table, where there are numerous jars of honey. The table belongs to the Texas Beekeepers' Association, one of many groups represented at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The girl who is standing is holding a jar in her hands.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Charlene Berryman Painting a Cornshuck Doll]

Description: Black and white photograph of Charlene Berryman of Kingsburg, Texas, painting a doll made from a cob of corn that is still in its shuck. Three finished dolls complete with dresses are visible on the left. She has a table dedicated to her dolls at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Preparing Greek Food]

Description: Black and white photograph of a man named John Mozakis preparing Mezzeh, or an appetizer, at the Greek food booth, one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is scooping out the Mezzeh from a small pan that he is holding.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[African-American "Soul Food" Booth]

Description: Black and white photograph of two women preparing soul food at the African-American heritage booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are both wearing plastic gloves on their hands. Paper streamers hung from above are on either side of them.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alsatian Food]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young girl named Connie Suehs, from the Alsatian booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is serving an Alsatian beef-based dish called "parisa" on a cracker. She is wearing a traditional Alsatian costume, which includes a large fabric headdress. To her right stands an unidentified man wearing a cap; he is also holding a parisa-topped cracker.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Demonstrating Cooking with Coon Oil]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman named Elise Deike, the wife of Max "Trapper Max" Deike, gesturing at food that she is making using coon oil. She is in charge of the "Cooking with Corn Oil" booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. On the table in front of her is a metal baking pan and a large bowl.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Serving Yam Pie]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman named Daisy Potter who is standing at a table covered in yam pies. Her table is part of the Gilmer Yamboree, a part of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding a knife in her hand after cutting a pie into pieces. She is wearing a crown on her head and a sash over her dress that says, "Possum Queen."
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Coon Oil Cookies]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman named Eliese Deike at the "Cooking with Coon Oil" booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding up a bowl of cookies she has made using coon oil. The cookies are small and coin-sized.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cleo Taylor at the Hominy Booth]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman named Cleo Taylor, standing behind a table at the booth dedicated to hominy at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. On the table before her is a pot full of hominy and a closed jar also full of hominy.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Daisy Potter Eating an Eggroll]

Description: Color photograph of a woman named Daisy Potter, also known as the Possum Queen. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is laughing while holding an egg roll in a napkin, just before she eats it.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Eating German Sausage on a Stick]

Description: Black and white photograph of a long-haired young man taking a bite of sausage on a stick from the German food booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a shirt with the words "Kiss Me I'm Polish" on the front. A woman standing to the right watches him eat.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Preparation for Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy and a man reaching into watermelon halves to gather seeds for the watermelon seed spitting contest at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The pair of watermelon halves sit on a grassy area; next to them is a pile of watermelon pulp.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[O.T. Baker Outside His Makeshift Smokehouse]

Description: Color photograph of a man named O.T. Baker seated outside his makeshift smokehouse that he shares with another man, Austin Taylor, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The smokehouse is made of rustic wood; its door is open and a man is visible in the doorway, bent over. O.T. Baker is seated right outside the doorway with his hand out-stretched. Several cow skulls are hung around the area as decoration. Two signs hang from the roof of the smokehouse. The one on the left reads, "O.T. Baker… more
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Apple Dolls]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman adjusting the clothing on one of her apple dolls, which she makes. Another clothed apple dolls sits on the lace-covered table before her. Her booth, one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival, is dedicated to these dolls
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman making Corn Tortillas]

Description: Color photograph of a woman named Teresa Zertuche demonstrating how to make corn tortillas at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is placing little tortillas on a metal pan set atop a grill from which smoke is emanating. At her lap she is holding a stone board where remnants of the corn flour are visible. A tortilla-warming basket and a single ball of dough rest on a sheet of fabric to the left.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Camilo Medrano Slicing Barbecue at His Food Booth]

Description: Color photograph of a man named Camilo Medrano slicing barbecue meat at his food booth in the Mexican Market section of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. An unidentified woman stands next to him to his left. Before him is a grill with barbecued meat on its surface.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dick Potter and Jack F. (Spot) Baird with Boiled Possum]

Description: Photograph of Dick Potter and Jack F. (Spot) Baird with a boiled possum in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is holding the possum while Baird speaks to the crowd through a microphone. Both men are wearing overalls, floral patterned shirts, and beige hats. Some festival visitors are visible in the background on the left.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dick Potter Holding Pot of Baked Possum]

Description: Photograph of Dick Potter holding a pot of baked possum in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The pot contains a whole possum atop several yams. Potter is wearing glasses, a straw cowboy hat, overalls, and a floral-patterned shirt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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