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[Balloon Release at the Opening Ceremony]

Slide of the opening ceremony the Texas Folklife Festival. The Institute of Texan Cultures guides prepare to release huge bunches of balloons.

Date: September 12, 1974

Item Type: Photograph

[Balloon Release at the Opening Ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival]

Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. Balloons are in the air and being released by the exhibit floor guides of the Institute of the Texas.

Date: September 12, 1974

Item Type: Photograph

[BCMM and KAPE Radio Dispute Documents]

Several correspondences involving KAPE radio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Black Coalition on Mass Media (BCMM). The focus of the documents is a dispute between the BCMM and KAPE, in which the BCMM tried to revoke the broadcaster's license. Also included is KAPE's effort to dismiss the BCMM, a deadline extension by the FCC, and various affidavits made on behalf of the BCMM.

Date: 1974

Item Type: Text

[Black Coalition on Mass Media Minutes - March 6, 1974]

Hand-written minutes for a March 1974 meeting of the Black Coalition on Mass Media. Some of the content on the page, however, is difficult to read.

Date: March 6, 1974

Item Type: Text

[Black Coalition on Mass Media Press Statement]

Press statement released by the Black Coalition on Mass Media, a San Antonio civil rights organization with the intent to better how the mass media represents and interacts with the African-American community. The statement explains their basic purpose and goes on to specify a particular grievance with KAPE radio, which they see as exploitative and damaging.

Date: October 30, 1974

Item Type: Text

[Blow Gun Demonstration]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Bob Gallaway Take Silk Screening Orders]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[The Boerne Village Band Performance]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Booth Serving Aguas Frescas]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Booth Sponsored by the Honey Bee Keepers Association of Texas]

Slide of a booth sponsored by the Honey Bee Keepers Association of Texas. Inside the booth are a few people. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Boy Husking and Shelling Corn]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Boy Learns About Driving Railroad Spikes]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Boy Sliding Down a Hill]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Buckin' Barrel Ride at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Slide of a boy sitting on a hollow log that is strung up on four ropes. Four men are using the ropes to swing and buck the log to give the boy a "Bucking Barrel Ride." This was sponsored by Frank Madla and was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Bunny Brass Band Performance]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Bunny Brass Band Representing the Easter Fires Pageant]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Caricaturist at Work]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Cascerones Painting Booth]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Charlene Berryman Making Corn Dolls]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

[Children Compete in Corn Shucking Contest]

Slide of children squatting over metal tubs as they husk or shuck corn for the Hondo Champion Corn Shuckin' Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Children Playing at the Children's Toyland and Barnyard]

Slide of children playing in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard in the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a girl sliding down a board headfirst. There are children behind her in a tunnel and hay all around.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Children Playing in a Buggy at the Children's Toyland and Barnyard]

Slide of two young girls playing in a buggy behind a fiberglass horse in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard of the Texas Folklife Festival. The girl on the left is trying a bonnet on the other.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Children Playing in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard]

Slide of three young boys playing on a fiberglass horse in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard of the Texas Folklife Festival. The horse also has a buggy attached to it.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Item Type: Photograph

[Children Playing on the Buckin' Barrell Ride]

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]

Item Type: Photograph

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