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[Blow Gun Demonstration]

Description: Slide of Rocky Stallings demonstrating a blowgun in the Indian Village area of the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long hollow stick to his mouth. His cheeks are bubbled out as he blows into it.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Gallaway Take Silk Screening Orders]

Description: Slide of Bob Gallaway's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival that offers silk screening on shirts. He and his wife, Liz Gallaway, run the booth and are from San Antonio. In the image, Bob Gallaway is taking an order for a shirt from a woman.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Boerne Village Band Performance]

Description: Slide of The Boerne Village Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival on stage. The band consists of four members playing a tuba, saxophones and clarinets. There are people around the stage listening to the music.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Booth Serving Aguas Frescas]

Description: Slide of a booth that serves aguas frescas in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three large clear containers, each filled with a different colored liquid. There are three women in the booth. There are also stacks of cups on the counters.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Husking and Shelling Corn]

Description: Slide of 4-H Clubs of Medina County sponsored corn husking and shelling at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young boy and girl husking corn. The boy is standing behind a trash can that is filled with corn husks. There are also corn husks all over the ground.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Learns About Driving Railroad Spikes]

Description: Slide of the Transportation Museum of San Antonio area at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are two boys present, one of whom is holding a tool that he is using to drive railroad spikes into a section of railroad behind the boys. There are two men to the right of the boys, one of whom is overseeing the boys.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Sliding Down a Hill]

Description: Slide of a boy sitting on a piece of cardboard or berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sliding the side of a hill. There are people in the background on the right.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bunny Brass Band Performance]

Description: Slide of M.C. Robert Thonhoff dancing with the bunny mascot at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mascot is a part of the Bunny Brass Band who is playing in the background on the right. The band members are all dressed as rabbits and one is standing in front of the band directing. The rest of the band is facing Thonhoff and the bunny mascot playing brass instruments, such as the French horn and trumpet.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bunny Brass Band Representing the Easter Fires Pageant]

Description: Slide of the Bunny Brass Band performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is formed into a half circle with the maestro standing in the middle in front of them. They are all in rabbit costumes. The bunny mascot is a small boy, also dressed up, and is standing in the foreground to the left. He is holding a round makeshift sign reading "Easter Fires Pageant Mar. 29, 1975."
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Caricaturist at Work]

Description: Slide of Harry M. Schneider, from San Antonio, Texas, drawing a young lady standing with her hands behind her back in posing. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cascerones Painting Booth]

Description: Slide of artist Caroline Shelton (right) painting cascerones (painted eggshells that can be filled with confetti) at the Texas Folklife Festival. In front of Shelton, there is a table covered in egg cartons and there are arches over the table decorated with paper flowers. The booth was sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Charlene Berryman Making Corn Dolls]

Description: Slide of Charlene of Kingsbury, Texas making corn dolls in her booth. She works at a table with corn on the cobs in a bucket and other supplies to make her dolls. There are two that are made in front of her to her right. These two are female dolls and one is not completely finished, but has long braids. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing on the Buckin' Barrell Ride]

Description: Slide of a young man helping a child on a hollow log that is strung up on four ropes. There are other children around, some pushing or pulling at the ropes. This was taken at the Buckin' Barrel Ride, sponsored by Frank Madla, at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Teetering on See-saws]

Description: Slide of children playing with a few see-saws in the Toyland and Barnyard section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four children playing, one on each end of two different see-saws. The see-saws are made of wood logs.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chimney Makers Working Together to Build a Chimney]

Description: Slide of Cecil Overstreet (on ladder), Clifton Warden and a helper using stone to build a chimney on a log house at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mentioned people are gathered near and on the roof and making progress on the chimney while two other men squat at the base of it as they wait for an opportunity to help with the project.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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