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[Roofing a Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of a log cabin building demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man sits on the room of the log cabin, attaching hand split shingles to the roof with a hammer.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Harlan Walker Splitting Shingles]

Description: Photograph of Harlan Walker splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Harlan sits on a large log holding an axe. He wears a cowboy hat with a checkered shirt, jeans and cowboy boots as he demonstrates the technique.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Roofing 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 demonstration how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, the man sits on the roof of the cabin, attaching shingles with a hammer.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Roofing a Log Cabin]

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 demonstration how shelter was built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the photograph, a man in a blue cap and shirt prepares the roof of the cabin to be shingled.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Sawing]

Description: Photograph of a boy learning how to saw logs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the boy is wearing a brown cowboy hat with a plaid shirt, jeans, and a leather belt. He wears heavy gloves as he drags a saw back and forth across a large log.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Neal Wright Building Chimney]

Description: Photograph of Neal Wright, from Koontze, building a chimney at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing overalls, moccasins, and a cowboy hat, he is standing on a roof of wooden shingles, adding bluejack clay to the top of the chimney.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Paul Smith Splitting Shingles]

Description: Photograph of Paul Smith splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Paul wears a straw hat, a blue shirt, denim overalls and tan gloves. Paul holds a large saw he uses to cut chunks of wood into shingles.
Date: [1992-08-06..1992-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tim and Wynter Chauvin Framing a House]

Description: Photograph of festival participants building a timber frame at 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men and one woman are moving a large beam into place. The construction is part of a three-day historical building demonstration.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Rick Smith Splitting Shingles]

Description: Photograph of a Rick Smith splitting shingles at 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Rick sits on a cut off tree trunk, holding a large axe in his hand. A woman is visible behind him, working on a different part of the log cabin.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Reenactor at Frontier Fort]

Description: Photograph of a reenactor sitting next to a child in front of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The reenactor is dressed in a navy uniform and hat and the fort and other people are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Kids Day at Frontier Fort]

Description: Photograph of a line of eight people facing a man dressed in a navy uniform at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a green shirt and is sitting in front of a piano. The people are holding wooden guns next to their sides and standing in front of the Frontier Fort. There are tables and other people visible on the porch of the fort.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Railroad Spike Driving]

Description: Color photograph of a man driving a railroad spike in a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is using a large hammer to drive a nail through the wooden rails that have been set in the grass. Two men stand nearby; one of them is also holding a large spiking hammer and is wearing overalls and a train conductor's cap.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Construction of a Log House]

Description: Color photograph of a few men at work on constructing a log house for a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Two men are working with axes on the corners of the house. Several people are scattered around, watching the men work. A shingled wooden structure is visible in the background; a small sign that reads "Log House" hangs from its roof.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Construction of a Log House]

Description: Color photograph of two people carving the bark off of a log that will be used for constructing a log house as part of a live demonstration at the 7th Texas Folklife Festival. Festival attendees stand around them to watch.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Working on Log House Construction]

Description: Color photograph of a man carving out the corner of a log house, which he is helping to construct as a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is using an axe. Another man sits on the adjacent corner of the unfinished structure. The shingled roof of a nearby structure is visible in the background.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Construction of a Log House]

Description: Color photograph of a log house mid-construction at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A large group of people are gathered either to watch or to participate. On the left, several logs are laid out on the ground. On the right the house's walls are nearly complete. Directly behind the construction is a shingled, wooden building.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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