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[Model of a Polish Castle]

Description: Photograph of a Polish castle at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The castle is three-dimensional and appears to be made of cardboard that has a brick-like appearance. The castle is inside a booth that is covered with a light-weight tarp; festival participants are sitting at the tables in front of the castle.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Mule-Powered Cane Mill]

Description: Photograph of Travis W. Kuykendall, mule skinner from Pearsall, advising a young festival participant on how to hitch up the mule to operate the cane mill at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Festival participants and other booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Mule-Powered Cane Mill]

Description: Photograph of a mule-powered cane mill producing syrup from sugarcane at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. It appears that the mule is walking around in a circle, guiding long sticks to generate power; a man is guiding the process. Several piles of what appear to be sugarcane are on the ground. Festival participants and other booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Mule-Powered Cane Mill]

Description: Photograph of a mule-powered cane mill producing syrup from sugarcane at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. A young boy is holding on to the mule that is walking around in a circle. Several piles of what appear to be sugarcane are on the ground. Festival participants and other booths are visible all around.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Mule Skinner With Mule]

Description: Photograph of Travis W. Kuykendall, mule skinner from Pearsall, talking with a young boy at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding on to a mule; a large hill and other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Musician Performing on a Fiddle]

Description: Photograph of Zaragoza Guajardo, second fiddle for the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is holding the fiddle to his neck; the bow is at the strings. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Musician Performing on an Upright Bass]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Roark, playing the upright bass with the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is holding up the bass and is plucking the strings. Other musicians and festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Musician With Accordion]

Description: Photograph of members of the San Antonio Czech Choir, directed by Don Netek, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. A woman dressed in what appears to be traditional Czech garments has an accordion in front of her; she is bending down and writing in a music book. A man is kneeling down beside her, holding onto the music book. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Musicians Performing on Opening Day]

Description: Photograph of the East Texas String Ensemble performing on opening day of the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The four band members are playing a variety of instruments, such as the upright bass, violin, guitar, and banjo. Each of the four men are wearing cowboy hats, shirts, and slacks. They are singing into microphones and are performing on a concourse as festival participants stand around the band, listening to the performance.
Date: September 7, 1973

[Musicians Performing on Stage]

Description: Photograph of fiddler, Garland Gainer, playing with guitarists, Keith Worrell (center) and Vernon Worrell, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musicians are performing on a flatbed trailer and are standing in front of two microphones. Festival booths and participants are seen in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Musicians Performing with an Accordion]

Description: Photograph of accordionist, Ed Kadlecek, and members of the New Braunfels Kinder Choir, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The gentleman is playing the accordion and appears to be singing. The young members of the choir are singing, with the girl standing on a chair and speaking into a microphone held by an unseen person. Another microphone stands between the three performers. It appears that they are standing on the edge of a flatbed truck. Festival participants are visible behind t… more
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Native American Demonstrating Blowgun]

Description: Photograph of Rocky Stallings, a Native American and employee of the Institute of Texan Cultures, demonstrating the use of a blowgun at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Dressed in traditional garments, he is wearing brown leather pants, a yellow vest, a blue breechcloth, and a large feather attached to a headband. Situated in the Indian Village, he is standing in front of a tall fence and is blowing directly into the blowgun that he is holding parallel to the ground. The blowgun appe… more
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Native American Wearing Traditional Garments]

Description: Photograph of Jack Battise at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing in front of a microphone and looking off to the side. He is wearing traditional garments, including a feathered headdress and a purple top with red and white decorations. A star medallion gathers a simple white band around his neck, and beaded bands circle his arms and waist.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Native Americans in Traditional Garments]

Description: Photograph of Native Americans standing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Dressed in traditional garments, the woman is wearing a black dress with colorful sleeves and a colorful shawl drawn over her shoulders. A tight beaded necklace is around her neck and she is holding a large black and white feather. The man is wearing a black long sleeve shirt and what appears to be a white skirt or apron; a long stone necklace is around his neck. Both participants have thick red belts around t… more
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Native Americans Performing Chants]

Description: Photograph of Jack Battise and Chief Kina Robert Fulton Battise at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jack Battise is performing Alabama-Coushatta Indian chants; he is beating a drum in front of him and speaking into a microphone. Both are wearing feathered headdresses and other traditional garments. Festival participants are visible behind them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Native Americans Playing Drum]

Description: Photograph of Tigua Indians playing a drum at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. One of the tribe members is holding the large blue and yellow drum while another tribe member is hitting it with drumsticks; the latter appears to be speaking or chanting. The men are wearing slacks and tops accented with traditional Indian decoration. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]

[Native Americans Pounding Corn]

Description: Photograph of Darby Battise, member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas, pounding corn in a corn mill at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Situated in the Indian Village, the young tribe member is pounding the corn using a tree branch in a corn mill made from a tree trunk with a hollowed out opening. Another young participant is watching this process. They are standing in front of a tall fence and other festival participants are visible sitting in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
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