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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

[Ron Hardcastle Demonstrating Bow Making]

Description: Photograph of Ron Hardcastle at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Ron is demonstrating bow-making to a festival participant. He wears a striped shirt and shorts as he rests a large bow on a table.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses

Description: This book serves as a "treatise on insect and animal life" (p. 4) in and around San Antonio, Texas. It discusses the life patterns and behavior of Texas insects, fish, reptiles and other animals, as well as the hunting practices of the time, all in great detail and with accompanying photographs.
Date: 1913
Creator: Menger, R.
Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

[Man Giving Hunting Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of O. D. LaBove, from Sabine Pass, giving a demonstration to a crowd about duck and geese hunting at the Texas Folklife Festival. LaBove is on the left side of the photograph, at the bottom of a hill, aiming his rifle in the air. He is standing at the edge of an artificial stream, between a cluster of reeds and a brown display panel. The crowd to the right is watching him from across the artificial stream.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man in Camouflage Speaking to Crowd]

Description: Photograph of O. D. LaBove, from Sabine Pass, speaking to a crowd about duck and geese hunting at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken from amongst the spectators. LaBove can be seen through crowd, standing in front of a steep hill and wearing camouflage.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Talking About Duck and Geese Hunting]

Description: Photograph of O. D. LaBove, from Sabine Pass, speaking to a crowd about duck and geese hunting at the Texas Folklife Festival. LaBove is on the left side of the photograph, standing at the bottom of a hill between a cluster of reeds and a brown wooden panel. He has a rifle under his arm. He is facing the crowd who is on the right side of the photograph, on the other side of an artificial stream that contains artificial ducks.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Connally]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Treasury Secretary John Connally's remarks on anti-war protests.
Date: May 3, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Clip: Hunting is Good on Alamo Plaza]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about large flocks of cowbirds considered pests in San Antonio. Police shoot the birds with shotguns each night as they roost in trees around the downtown area, but the birds persist in flocking all over the city.
Date: December 17, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Celebrating After a Hunt

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of hunters in San Antonio, TX. Two hunters, posing with guns, are standing next to a rack of ducks they have hunted during the day. Two other men are behind the rack of ducks, leaning against the counters, propped up on one elbow. All the men are wearing hats. The shelves around the store are stocked with many different goods.
Date: unknown
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library
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[News Clip: Preserve offers pheasant hunts]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a nature preserve near San Antonio stocking its acreage with pheasants for Texas hunters.
Date: December 6, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Trap

Description: Patent for a trap for catching rats. Illustrations included.
Date: March 21, 1911
Creator: Clark, William Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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