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[Jim Braud Smiling at Crawfish]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited, with a large, open-mouth smile on his face.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Starting Crawfish Race]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud, the "Crawfish Commisioner," at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Braud lifts up the starting gate at a crawfish race. Five crawfish are visible at the center of the race track, which is composed of a target pattern moving outward from the center of a large table. Braud wears a blue dress shirt, black glasses, and red beret. He holds a microphone to his lips. An audience is visible in the background.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Watching Crawfish Race]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, watching the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a red shirt and a red beret, he is watching the race from the right. The crawfish are racing on a square white surface with red and blue concentric circles. A crowd is gathered around to watch from behind barriers.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Stephen, Gunsmith]

Description: Photograph of Jim Stephen, a gunsmith, giving a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears glasses, a floral shirt with long sleeves, and a name tag.
Date: [1992-08-06..1992-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, Institute of Texan Cultures staff member and Ameleb Club dancer, at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a silver and black belly dancing costume, smoking a cigarette and standing next to a microphone stand. Her right hand holds the cigarette and her left is grasping the microphone stand while she looks over to the left. She is wearing a red and yellow scarf in her hair. A large Lebanese flag takes up the entire background.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera and 2 Millionth Visitor]

Description: Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera with the 2 millionth visitor and his family at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The 2 millionth visitor wears a sash which reads: "2 Millionth Visitor 1994."
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, Dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer and member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club, and an employee of the Institute of Texas Cultures. She is performing in a covered pavilion on a wide, white floor. A covered fabric tent is visible behind her. She is costumed in a bedlah suit (a bra and a sheer skirt) that is heavily trimmed with gold accents. She is dancing with her arms out while her face is mid-exclamation. Audience members are visible in both the foreground and the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club dancer and an employee at the Institute of Texan Cultures. Andera is seated on her legs with her arms curled slightly above her, smiling as she bends over backward to face the crowd. She is wearing a traditional bedlah suit; hers is a gold-trimmed top and a sheer, beige skirt. She is also wearing gold bangles on both her wrists. The heads of two audience members are visible in the foreground; the person on the right is poi… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera with Claudia Ball and O. T. Baker at Opening Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera with former directors Claudia Ball and O. T. Baker at the opening ceremony of the 20th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a homemade crown with purple and white flowers, Andera is standing in between the former directors with Ball on the left and Baker on the right. Several festival participants, some holding balloons, are visible in the background.
Date: August 1, 1991
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera with Hans Mark and Others]

Description: Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera with U.T. Chancellor Hans Mark, Lt. General John McGiffert, and two others at the Texas Folklife Festival. Starting from the left is a man dressed in western clothes. He is wearing red jeans, an orange shirt, a navy vest, a red bandana, a brown leather gun holster with a pistol, and a tan cowboy hat. He also has a white beard. Standing to the right of him is Andera, wearing a white cotton dress. To the right of her is Mark, the tallest of the group,… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera with V. T. "Cowboy" Williams]

Description: Photograph of festival director Jo Ann Andera and V. T. "Cowboy" Williams at the opening party for the Texas Folklife Festival participants. Andera is on the left wearing a white cotton dress smiling at the camera. Williams is on the right, wearing a cowboy hat, a long-sleeved shirt, jeans and a sheriff's badge. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Creator: Sidoric, Michael
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Sermon at Herb Display]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Sermon at the Cisco Civic League herb display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a pink dress, she is standing on the left holding a pot of herbs while a female festival visitor smells them.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Witek in Polish Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Witek in the Polish food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a traditional outfit: a peasant blouse with large, lace-trimmed sleeves; a fitted, embroidered vest; and a floral headband. She is holding a plate containing some type of Polish food.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joan Turnbow Teaching Class]

Description: Photograph of Joan Turnbow teaching at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Joan wears a white shirt and a blue skirt. She holds one side of a small chalkboard while a student holds the other side. "Texas Folklife Festival" is written on the chalkboard. Festival participants stand around the one room schoolhouse, interacting with teachers and playing with the student chalkboard.
Date: [1991-08-01..1991-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jodie Aves demonstrating Spinning Wheel]

Description: Photograph of Jodie Aves, from Fredericksburg, demonstrating a spinning wheel at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an apron with an image of a spinning wheel, she is sitting next to two young boys, showing them the raw fiber that will be spun into yarn.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Bowman, Precision Shooter]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Joe Bowman, holding up a pair of steel revolvers in his hands. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, and a fringed vest. He is 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

[Joe Bowman, Precision Shooter]

Description: Photograph of Joe Bowman, a precision shooter demonstrating his technique at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Joe wears a tan shirt with brown fringe, a cowboy hat, white jeans, boots, and a leather holster. He holds a pistol in his hand.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe "Doc" Moore the Storyteller]

Description: Photograph of Joe "Doc" Moore, the storyteller, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing behind a microphone and a sign reading "story Tellers" is visible in the background.
Date: [1996-08-01..1996-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe McMordie at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Joe McMordie at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. In the photograph, Joe sits in a black wooden chair, whittling on a piece of wood while a young girl watches him. Joe wears a pink shirt, brown pants, a blue bandanna and a brown hat with rope or twine around the brim. The girl wears a red checkered tank top and red shorts with barrettes in her hair. Joe is an instructor at the Festival Whittlin' School, originally from Austin, Te… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Pyle Crafting Glass]

Description: Photograph of Joe Pyle demonstrating glass crafting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Using a blowtorch, he is bending and twisting a long, thin tube of glass into a squiggly spiral.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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