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[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, April 25, 1865]

Description: Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara describing a recent purchase he made for gifts for her and the family. He also discusses his personal finances and requests that she assist him in tailoring a uniform. He also includes his shopping list, which describes each item and it's cost.
Date: April 25, 1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Apple Dolls]

Description: Color photograph of a group of four people surveying the array of apple dolls on the cloth-covered table before them. The display of dolls belongs to a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Elderly Couple with Their Wendish Dolls]

Description: Color photograph of an elderly couple identified as Walter and Mary Schimank of the Texas Wendish Heritage Society. They are participants of the 7th Annual Folklife Festival. Walter is wearing a white short-sleeve shirt with a black vest and a red bow tie. His wife Mary is wearing a red patterned bonnet and shawl. In Walter's arms is a cloth doll that is dressed very similarly to Mary.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Charlene Berryman Painting a Cornshuck Doll]

Description: Black and white photograph of Charlene Berryman of Kingsburg, Texas, painting a doll made from a cob of corn that is still in its shuck. Three finished dolls complete with dresses are visible on the left. She has a table dedicated to her dolls at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Apple Dolls]

Description: Black and white photograph of a woman adjusting the clothing on one of her apple dolls, which she makes. Another clothed apple dolls sits on the lace-covered table before her. Her booth, one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival, is dedicated to these dolls
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Playing with Folk Toy]

Description: Photograph of a child playing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy wears a blue striped shirt and denim pants as he plays with a blue wooden frog. Children stand to his left and behind him, playing with similar hand-made toys in the Folk Toy Booth.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing with Folk Toys]

Description: Photograph of children playing with folk toys at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three children hold a string in each hand as their wooden toy slowly climbs up the ropes. By manipulating the ropes back and forth, the figurine slowly reaches the top. A man stands behind the boy in the center of the photograph, directing his hands over the ropes to help him with the game.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Toy Building]

Description: Photograph of children learning how to make toys at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A festival participant sits on a wooden bench and guides a child's hands through an intricate tool. Two young festival participants stand to the left of the bench, watching the process.
Date: [1991-08-01..1991-08-04]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Hugging a Doll]

Description: Photograph of a child hugging a doll at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The child wears a pair of overalls as he holds a cloth doll as tall as he is. A booth of handmade dolls is visible in the background.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Toymaker Mike Mosel]

Description: Photograph of Mike Mosel building a toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears a suede hat with leather trim, a collared shirt, and an apron. He holds a small mallet in his hand, gently tapping a wooden peg into place.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mike Mosel Building Toys]

Description: Photograph of Mike Mosel building a toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He wears a suede hat with leather trim, a collared shirt, and an apron. He holds the finished toy in his hand, demonstrating how the handmade joints move.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wood Carving]

Description: Photograph of a child playing with toys at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The child wears a blue dress as she plays with a wooden figurine. A man and a woman smile as they watch her play.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Frontier Playland]

Description: Photograph of children playing in the Frontier Playland section of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Several children play on a handmade see-saw secured to the rough logs that make-up the fence around the playland.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Playing with Handmade Wooden Toy]

Description: Photograph of a boy playing with a handmade wooden toy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is pulling on two strings, to which is attached a wooden pulley that moves up and down as he moves the strings.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mike Mosel Demonstrating Handmade Toys]

Description: Photograph of Mike Mosel demonstrating his handmade toys, from The Village Woodsmith in San Marcos, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the right, a girl is holding a wooden figure with loose, moveable legs. Mosel, on the left, is bouncing a wooden paddle below the figure's feet, making its legs "dance."
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Playing With Toy Frog]

Description: Photograph of a girl playing with a handmade toy at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The girl wears a short-sleeved shirt and shorts with a hat as she pulls the strings attached to the arms of a wooden frog, made by Lee Haile.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lee Haile at his Folk Toy Booth]

Description: Photograph of Lee Haile and two visitors at his folk toy booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Other visitors and a large wooden table are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lee Haile at his Folk Toy Booth]

Description: Photograph of Lee Haile and two visitors demonstrating at his folk toy booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Other visitors and a large wooden table are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lee Haile's Toy Display]

Description: Photograph of three boys at Lee Haile's Folk Toy booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Tools hanging on a large white board and other toys are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dan Overpeck with Handmade Toy in his Bentwood Box Display]

Description: Photograph of Dan Overpeck with a handmade toy, in his bentwood box display, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a wooden stool holding the toy over a small wooden plank placed between his knees. Other people and supplies are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lee Haile and Folk Toys]

Description: Photograph of Lee Haile and his folk toys at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding up a wooden toy to a young boy. Other people and a wooden table are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Riding on Plane Swing]

Description: Photograph of a boy on a tree swing in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival. The wooden swing has been made to look like an airplane. The boy is in full swing, holding on to the handles built into the plane. The tree trunk is visible on the right. Behind the boy swinging, another boy stands and watches.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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