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[Man Demonstrating Woodwork]

Description: Color photograph of Hugh Vaughn, a member of the Texas Rockers which is an organization that makes wood furniture. He is demonstrating wood-turning to a group of festival-goers gathered around his workspace at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. A board erected between him and the onlookers holds some of his wood-shaping tools. Pieces of splintered wood cover his arms as he drives a tool into the wood as it rotates in his machine, which is known as a lathe.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Demonstrating Furniture Construction]

Description: Color photograph of Hugh Vaughn, member of the Texas Rockers, a furniture-making group. He is demonstrating woodworking to a crowd of festival-goers gathered around his workspace at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A board holding his tools stands between him and the crowd, while he works with machinery erected on a sawhorse. To his left, a man holding a video camera on his shoulder is seated on a finished wooden rocking chair.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Caning a Chair]

Description: Photograph of James Ander caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing blue coveralls and placing the woven material on the seat of the wooden chair. Some festival visitors are watching in the background.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[James Ander Caning a Chair]

Description: Photograph of James Ander caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The chair back is laid down in front of him and he is weaving the back of it with a long piece of wicker. The chair is light brown and has a lot of carved detail.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hugh Vaughn of the Texas Rockers]

Description: Photograph of Hugh Vaughn at 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Hugh holds a tool in his right hand, while securing the rocking chair with his left. Hugh belongs to the Texas Rockers, a group of furniture makers.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Willow Furniture Maker]

Description: Photograph of a willow furniture maker at 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the furniture maker operates a large machine used to bend the willow. A large crowd of festival partipants watch him.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Claudia Deborah Teaching Chair Caning]

Description: Photograph of Claudia Deborah demonstrating chair caning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia wears a brown and white striped shirt and khaki shorts. She sits to the left of a child who holds the strands of wicker used to form the seat of the chair directly in front of them.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[James Ander Installing Chair Seat]

Description: Photograph of James Ander installing a chair seat at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on the right, weaving a rope around the four wooden posts of the seat as a few festival visitors watch on the left. He has white hair and is wearing a dark blue shirt and black-rimmed glasses.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ronnie Fiedler Building Cowhide Chairs]

Description: Photograph of Ronnie Fiedler building cowhide chairs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ronnie is wearing a red shirt with white stripes, jeans, and a leather belt. He is stringing thin strips of leather through a wooden frame. Participants at the Festival watch Ronnie as he builds the chairs.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Claudia Deborah Caning a Chair]

Description: Photograph of Claudia Deborah chair caning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Claudia is seated in a booth, weaving the seat of a chair with fiber strands. She wears a white shirt with a lace collar and a striped skirt.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Louis Herrick Caning a Chair]

Description: Photograph of Louis Herrick caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Louis is standing behind the chair, wearing a striped short-sleeved shirt and jeans. He holds the individual fibers used to weave the pattern with both hands.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ronnie Fiedler Building a Chair]

Description: Photograph of Ronnie Fiedler building a cowhide chair at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ronnie stands in front of a table, attaching cowhide to the seat of a wooden chair. Several festival participants watch Ronnie work from outside of the booth.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Furniture Maker Michael Moss]

Description: Photograph of Michael Moss building furniture at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Michael stands in front of a drum sander, finishing the leg of a piece of furniture. Michael wears a white shirt with a design screen-printed on it, and a pair of blue shorts. Festival participants walk around Michael's booth as he works.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German-Texan Furniture Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Newton O. Peschel from Winedale at the German-Texan furniture making booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Peschel, standing behind a table at the booth, is pointing out information to two visitors who are looking at a pamphlet obtained from the table. Two wooden chairs are on the table for display, one on either side of Peschel.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wood Lathe Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Newton O. Peschel from Winedale demonstrating a foot treadle wood lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival. This lathe is like the ones that were used to make chairs in Texas in the 1840s. Peschel, wearing a white shirt and white cowboy hat, is carving a piece of wood on the lathe. A wooden chair and a wooden bench are visible behind him.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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