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[Sandy Grasso at Boot and Shoe Repair Booth]

Description: Photograph of Sandy Grasso in the boot and shoe repair booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Antique boots and shoes are displayed on the table in front of her. On a shoe stand to the right, an antique Edwardian boot with a button flap is displayed. In the background, cobbler tools are displayed on pegboard.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]

[Sarah McLain Teaching Wool Carding]

Description: Photograph of Sarah McLain showing a festival participant how to card wool at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Sarah wears a sleeveless short underneath a patterned apron. She leans over the visitor as she pulls the wool back and forth preparing it to be spun into wool yarn.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Sarita Rodriguez Plays Guitar]

Description: Photograph of Sarita Rodriguez playing guitar and singing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She has very curly dark hair and is wearing a short-sleeved white shirt with decorative embroidery around the neck and sleeves. She is picking at her guitar and singing into a microphone. Behind her, a few other microphone stands and a piano are visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]

[Second Baptist Church Contemporaries]

Description: Photograph of the the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The all-female choir wears polo shirts with denim pants. They stand in groups of three around a microphone, performing for festival participants.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]

[Sheep Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of a child cradling a lamb at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A festival volunteer holds the small lamb in her lap as part of a sheep demonstration. The child leans over the lamb, resting her cheek on its forehead.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]

[Sheep Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of people petting a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some people are sitting in lawn chairs on the left while festival visitors are standing on the right. A tan and black sheep is standing between them. To the left of the lawn chairs is a pen containing more sheep.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]

[Sheep-Sheering Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Perfecto Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Perfecto holds the sheep still with one hand as he uses an electric razor with the other hand. A crowd of festival participants watch Perfecto shear the sheep.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[Shingle Splitting Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a shingle splitting demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man tightly secures a large piece of wood with gloved hands. Above him, a child yields a mallet as he splits the log in two pieces, making shingles.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Sid Owens Whittling]

Description: Photograph of Sid Owens whittling at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph, taken from the side, shows him sitting in a chair as he whittles. He has a beard and is wearing a straw hat, a plaid shirt, and glasses.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]

[Singer Doreal Duckens]

Description: Photograph of Dorceal Duckens performing with the Duckens Family Singers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Dorceal wears a blue shirt with a yellow name tag pinned to his chest as he sings for the crowd.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Singer Mattie Duckens Browne]

Description: Photograph of Mattie Duckens Browne performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Mattie, a member of the Duckens Family Singers, wears a black shirt with a colorful print as she sings for festival participants.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Sirkku Rodriguez Doing a Pirta Ribbon Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Sirkku Rodriguez doing a pirta ribbon demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, pulling yarn through a wooden contraption made of vertical dowels that separate the yarn out in several different strands. She is weaving the strands to make a ribbon. A few finished ribbons are hanging on the left side of the booth where one festival visitor is partially visible.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
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