[Man Participating in Tobacco Spitting Contest] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Man Participating in Tobacco Spitting Contest]
  • Series Title 17th Annual Texas Folklife Festival

Date

  • Creation: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of a man participating in the state tobacco spitting contest at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing on the left side of the photograph wearing a red sleeveless undershirt, jeans and a cowboy hat. He is leaning forward, preparing to spit as far as he can. He is standing at the end of a long strip of white butcher paper, rolled out on the ground and painted with distance markers. One spectator is kneeling down close to the paper. Several other spectators are sitting and standing close by.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Celebrations
  • Keyword: festivals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Fairs and Exhibitions
  • Keyword: tobacco spitting contest

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bexar County - San Antonio
  • Coverage Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: Texas Cultures Online
    Code: TCO
  • Name: Institute of Texan Cultures Texas Folklife Festival Collection
    Code: TFFC

Institution

  • Name: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UTSA

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: ITC_TFF88-C88-53
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth285816
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