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[Woman Holding Portrait]

Description: Photograph of R.C. Wong, a Chinese-American from Austin, Texas, holding an example of her portraiture at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is smiling and holding the portrait in front of her; the portrait is of a small girl.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children on the Berm at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two children sitting on a hill at the Texas Folklife Festival outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. In the photograph, a teenage girl is sitting behind a younger boy, wrapping her arms around him. Two pieces of cardboard are strewn to the left and right of the two children. Another boy is visible on the top left of the hill.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Female Ukrainian Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Ukrainian Folk Dancers of Houston performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Seven women are in a circle formation facing outward as they bend down toward their pointed right leg. They are wearing floral wreaths on their heads, white blouses under long vests, multi-layer checkered skirts, and knee-high boots. In the background, a crowd of spectators is gathered at the edge of the stage.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Middle-Eastern Dance Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a Middle-Eastern dance demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer stands between four men as she demonstrates how to perform a specific dance. They imitate her movements for a large crowd of festival participants who surround the stage.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sugar Milling Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a sugar milling demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two oxen are harnessed to a large wooden yoke attached to the milling machine. Two men squat in front of the machine as they feed cane poles into its opening. Festival participants watch the demonstration from beyond the roped off area.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chili Cook-Off]

Description: Photograph of a Chili Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a line of women stand to the right of the Chili Appreciation Society Truck, sampling chili from the Chili Appreciation Society.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Broom Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of John Zukowski, from Alpine, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting on the left behind a table, demonstrating how to make a broom. Festival visitors are gathered on the right side of the photograph, watching. Several stalks of straw used to make the brooms are visible on the ground behind Zukowski and on the table in front of him.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Grist Mill at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of man operating a gristmill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man pours grain into the top of the gristmill so that it can be refined into flour. Festival participants watch the demonstration from the grassy area around the gristmill.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Angel Demonstrating Snake Skinning]

Description: Photograph of Bob Angel skinning a snake at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bob holds the snake in his hands, showing the audience as they watch him perform the task. The audience crowds around Bob's corner booth, watching Bob.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boatbuilding at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Rick and Cameron Pratt building a boat at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick is standing on top of the upside-down boat, holding down a wooden post with his foot. Cameron is drilling the post into the boat with a drill. Another man is leaning over the boat, securing the post to the boat.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Men Serving Food in Soul Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of two men serving food inside the Soul Food booth operated by the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at the Texas Folklife Festival. A young man is on the right side of the photograph wearing a t-shirt and a bowler hat. Another man beside him is also wearing a bowler hat and is putting food from a large crock pot onto a piece of foil.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Sitting Next to Sheep]

Description: Photograph of a young girl sitting next to a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting on hay inside the pen with her arm on the sheep's back. The sheep, which has just been sheared, is laying peacefully in the hay.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Clayton and Pat Thatcher at Opening Ceremonies]

Description: Photograph of Texas House Speaker Bill Clayton with ITC exhibit floor manager, Pat Thatcher, at the Texas Folklife Festival opening ceremony. Clayton is on the right, standing next to a few other men. Thatcher is standing just to the left of him, wearing a dress from the early 20th century and a wide-brimmed hat decorated with flowers.
Date: August 2, 1979
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jean Schnitz Playing a Hammer Dulcimer]

Description: Photograph of Jean Schnitz play her grandmother's hammer dulcimer on the Irish Stage at the 24th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Schnitz sits as she plays the instrument. She wears a patterned skirt.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man releases the opening of a mailbox mounted on a tall wooden stake. A chicken flies out of the mailbox as Festival participants watch from below.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Young Men Splitting Shingles]

Description: Photograph of two young men splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man on the right is holding a post vertically while the man on the left is hammering it into a a splitter. They are both wearing jeans and cowboy hats. Hanging on a tree behind them is a sign that says, "Shingle Splitters."
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men at Chili Booth]

Description: Photograph of a chili booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three men dressed as cowboys pose in front of the booth. They wear cowboy hats and hold guns. Signs on the booth read "Chili" and "Saloon."
Date: [1992-08-06..1992-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Eliseo and Nieves Torres at Mexican Folk Medicine and Folk Beliefs Booth]

Description: Photograph of Eliseo and Nieves Torres in the Mexican Folk Medicine and Folk Beliefs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both are seated. Eliseo, left, holds a taxidermy snake. He wears a patterned shirt, khaki pants, glasses, and a straw hat. Nieves, right, wears a floral skirt and white blouse. Photographs and artifacts are displayed in the booth.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim and Jean Youngson at Harp & Shamrock Society Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Harp & Shamrock Society booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Jim and Jean Youngson are seated behind a table upon which many books are arranged. Jean, left, wears a blouse with shamrock patches sewn at the collar. Jim, right, wears a baseball cap, t-shirt, and shamrock patterned suspenders. A tree trunk is visible behind them.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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