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[A Member of Austin Weavers Co-op Instructing How to Use a Hand Card]
Slide of a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival using a hand card to brush debris out of fibers (such as goat fleece) in preparation of spinning yarn. In the background, another woman is spinning yarn on a spinning wheel.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jack F. "Spot" Baird Operating a Booth]
Slide of Jack F. "Spot" Baird lecturing to a crowd of people outside of Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long, spiky object as he addresses people of various ages and backgrounds.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Greek Food Booth Sponsored by a Greek Orthodox Church]
Slide of people operating a Greek food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by the Greek Funstival by the St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church in San Antonio. There are seven people behind the counter and operating the booth. The booth serves Greek dishes such as homemade bread and baklava.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chinese Eggrolls Being Prepared to be Served]
Slide of two women placing cooked eggrolls into paper slips to they can be served for customers at their booth. The two women are sitting down at the table that is filled with trays, one containing eggrolls and two with paper slips for eggrolls to be served in. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dinah Crowley Creating Stained Glass]
Slide of Dinah Crowley of San Antonio making stained glass at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is hunched over a table that is covered in tools and gadgets used for making stained glass. Behind her is a table with lamps that have stained glass lamp shades and directly behind her is a tall panel of stained glass.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Peanut Grinder Demonstration]
Slide of Grady Higdon, from Pearsall, Texas, pours peanuts into a peanut grinder as he churns the handle. The grinder deposits ground peanuts into a metal tray underneath it. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Corn Doll Display]
Slide of Charlene of Kingsbury, Texas making corn dolls in her booth. Her display also has pre-made corn dolls for display and sale. On a pole attached to the front of her booth, she advertises the legend of John Randolph Spencer family corn doll. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Honey Tasting Booth]
Slide of F.H. "Fuzz" Arnold (right) is tasting honey inside a booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by the Honey Bee Keepers Association of Texas. There is a man to Arnold's right who is also trying out honey.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alexey A. Leonov Filming at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of Alexey A. Leonov, Soviet / Russian cosmonaut, with a film recorder at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing near another man with multiple cameras. Leonov is filming some of the sights at the festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Making a Bread Crumb Sculpture]
Slide of Betty W. Smith making a bread crumb sculpture at the Texas Folklife Festival. She sits at a table that has a few containers of supplies. She is beginning to form her sculpture in her hands.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Western Art Display]
Slide of the Bob Dale leaning on his booth that is displaying his western art at the Texas Folklife Festival. In this booth are five people observing Dale's artwork that's places all over the inner walls of his booth.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Plants Display at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of Dewey Compton (right, behind the table) who is an agricultural reporter for KTRH radio in Houston, Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is explaining the use of Texas plants to a man and woman at his display. On the table are various plants native to the Texas area.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rocco Avery's Texas Plants Display]
Slide of native Texan plants laid out on white sheets ground in the foreground and on a table in the background. There are three people leaning over the plants to learn more about the plants. In the background behind the table of plants are two women each holding a child and a young girl is with them as well. On a fence behind them is a sign stating that this display belongs to Rocco Avery. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harry Schneider Drawing Caricatures]
Slide of Joe Bowman, a precision fast draw expert from Houston, Texas, dressed as a cowboy and holding a gun in each hand so as to strike a pose. Harry Schneider is drawing a caricature of Bowman in this position. Behind Bowman is a variety of caricatures clothes pinned on a netting. . This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tinsmith Displaying Metal Crafts]
Slide of Emil P. "Shiney" Schanua (left) is a tinsmith from Fredericksburg, Texas and he is exhibiting the items he crafts at the Texas Folklife Festival. His wife, Norma, is standing in the foreground at a counter that has numerous items made of tin. Emil is in the background at another counter that has the tools that he uses in his trade.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Frying Hush Puppies]
Slide of Johanna Olander Wimberly from Austin, Texas frying hush puppies made from meal from a grist mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in the background next to two deep fryers. Behind the fryers is a table with bowls, pots and so on. In front of Wimberly's booth is a table where a young girl is waiting for hush puppies. Behind the booth is a large sign advertising Wimberly's hush puppies.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Standing Near Knick Knacks]
Slide of a woman in a booth at the Texas Folklife Festival that is filled with knickknacks. To her left are stick horses and in front of her are small figurines. In the background, there are other displays and tents with their own attractions.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Exotic Country Band Performance]
Slide of the Exotic Country Band, directed by Gary Dodd, from San Antonio, Texas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five members in the band playing various instruments, such as the saxophone and drums. Around the band members are large pieces of electronic equipment, possibly amps.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scottish and Irish Bagpipers Performing]
Slide of Scottish and Irish bagpipers performing with a large crowd surrounding them at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are in a circle facing one another playing their instruments. There are also members playing snare and bass drums. Some members are in plaid kilts.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History