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[Corn Crib and Corn Sheller]

Description: Photograph of a corn crib and a corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival. A sign explains that the crib, which looks like a small log cabin with no roof, was originally built on site at Canyon Lake. Ears of corn are piled up inside the crib. On either side of the doorway are burlap bags. Two young girls are in front of the crib, one turning a crank to operate the sheller, the other gathering corn.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Corncob Doll Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Charlene Berryman, from Kingsbury, Texas, making corncob dolls at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting at a table and working with corn and cornhusks. Finished dolls, that are wearing dresses and bonnets, are on the table. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Women Competing in Corn Shucking Contest]

Description: Photograph of several women competing in the "corn shuckin'" contest at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The women are on a stage, kneeling on the ground, shucking corn. The women each have a metal barrel in front of them; they appear to be removing the corn from the barrel and discarding the corn husks on the floor beside them. The women are elevated on the stage; festival participants are leaning on the stage in front of them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man With Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of R.K. (Ken) Wimberley, from Austin, kneeling down by his grist mill at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. It appears that the grist mill has recently ground corn mill; there is a bag of whole corn nearby and a pile of grounded corn mill under the chute of the grinder.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boys in Corn Crib]

Description: Photograph of two young boys in the corn crib in the "Corn Shuckin'" area at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The young boys are kneeling on the ground which is covered in corn husks. A cardboard box is on the ground in front of them, and one boy appears to be taking out an ear of corn from the box.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Mule Skinner Operating Hay Baler]

Description: Photograph of a young mule skinner operating a hay baler at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The young boy is holding on to a mule; hay covers the ground. Some of the young participants are sitting on bales of hay.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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