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[Balloon Release]

Description: Photograph of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three women release dozens of yellow balloons into the air as crowds of festival participants dressed in historically significant clothing watch the display. The Institute of Texas Cultures building is visible in the background.
Date: July 31, 1980
Creator: Informedia

[Bayou City Attic Singers]

Description: Photograph of the Bayou City Attic Singers performing at the Texas Folklife in San Antonio, Texas. Five women and two men perform on a raised platform underneath a canopy of palm leaves. The women wear denim skirts with matching vests, while the men wear denim pants with matching plaid shirts. One woman plays the acoustic guitar and one man plays the electric guitar, while the remaining five band members sing.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Berm Sliding]

Description: Photograph of children sliding down the grassy berm at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two children slide down the hill on one piece of cardboard. Other festival participants are visible at the top of the hill, preparing their cardboard mounts before taking off.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]

[Berm Sliding]

Description: Photograph of two young children participating in berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The girl and the boy lay on a piece of cardboard that they share as they slide down the grassy hill. Both the girl, who is wearing a blue and red jumper, and the boy, who is wearing a white striped shirt and red shorts, are laughing.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Beverly Houston & Breezin']

Description: Photograph of the Beverly Houston & Breezin' performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band, consisting of two women and five men, performs on a stage wearing jeans and short-sleeved shirts. A Confederate flag hangs against the backdrop of the stage.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[Bill Smallwood Band]

Description: Photograph of the Bill Smallwood Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Sandy Smallwood stands to the left of the stage, holding a microphone in her hand, wearing a cowboy hat and a shirt reading "Bill Smallwood Band." Her husband, Bill, stands to the far right, playing an electric guitar.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]

[Boot-Maker, Catherine Wood]

Description: Photograph of Catherino Wood making a pair of boots at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Catherino wears a short-sleeved shirt and cargo shorts as she drives a nail into the sole of a boot with a hammer. Her workstation is covered with tools relating to boot-making, including leathers, dyes, and boot forms.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Bootsie Ehlers Playing Bass Box]

Description: Photograph of Bootsie Ehler playing the bass box with the Hobos, a band from Lavaca County. Bootsie plays the bass box on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The musical instrument consists of a wooden box covered in salt, rhythmically beaten with a wooden pole.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Bread-Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a bread-making demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, three small children are standing behind a table, each holding a piece of dough in their hands. The girl on the far left rolls hers on a cutting board, while the boy to her right digs his fingers into his piece of dough. The girl on the far right holds all of her dough in one hand.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Bunny Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg, Texas wear bright-colored bunny suits of yellow, orange, blue, red, and green as they participate in a parade.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Bunny Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, an individual plays a trumpet and wears an orange bunny suit. Performers in similar attire are visible in the background.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]

[Bunny Brass Band Member]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Big Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The tuba player wears a red suit and matching red hat with large bunny ears extending from the top. He smiles as he holds a small music book.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Cabin Building Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to show how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, several men balance on the roof of the cabin as they attach shingles. Festival participants watch the demonstration to the left of the cabin.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Cabin Building Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a man roofing a log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The log cabin building demonstration features volunteers building an entire cabin by hand, to show how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, a man in a blue cap and denim shorts attaches shingles to the roof of the cabin with a mallet. Festival participants watch the demonstration from underneath a shaded area.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Cajun Gumbo Cooking]

Description: Photograph of Irvin Boudreaux and Melvin Breaux preparing Cajun gumbo at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two men wearing red shirts are standing behind a large metal drum filled with gumbo. The man to the left is stirring the gumbo with a long wooden stick. Various festival booths with brightly colored canopies are visible in the background.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Cane Syrup Cooking]

Description: Photograph of Jerry Young cooking cane syrup at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry wears a cowboy hat with a striped shirt, braided leather belt and slacks. He leans over a large rectangular bin filled with cane syrup.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Caribbean Steeltones]

Description: Photograph of the Caribbean Steeltones, a Trinidadian group from Houston, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band wears matching shirts and hats as they perform steel pan music by playing large, steel drums of varying sizes.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[Carnival Parade at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Celebration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two women and a man stand in the center of the street wearing elaborate seashell costumes strapped to their heads and neck. Crowds of festival participants watch the parade from both sides of the street.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[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]
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