Photograph of an assortment of knives made of steel cable and other metals, all of which were made by Armando Flores, a blacksmith from Laredo. There are other knives and bracelets made of stainless steel in the background.

Photograph of an outdoor shrine in Kingsville. The shrine consists of two religious images, one of which is in an enclosed case, and some floral arrangements. All of the items sit under an arched cover that is trimmed with Christmas lights.

Paper discussing a method to evaluate the efficacy of herbal medicines and examining the results of two herbal remedies using said method.

Photograph of the exterior view of a home. In the foreground, a person sits at a table with their back to the camera. There is a bird perched in a bird cage that is hanging from a tree in front of the house, and some chairs and tables are scattered throughout the yard. Two cars are visible on the right side of the house, one of which is under the cover of a car port.

Photograph of a small home that is built into the side of a hill. A large post supports the center of the roof, and some furniture is visible inside.

Photograph of a roadside cross ornamented with flowers. Some flowers are on the center and arms of the cross, and some are placed around the base.

Photograph of six people making rope near a barbed wire fence. Three people stand on the left side of the frame by the rope that has already been wound, and three people stand on the right side of the frame holding the side of the strands that are not wound into the rope yet.

Photograph of an unidentified family posing outside the entrance to a jacal home. There is a man on the far left, holding a small dog and wearing a conical hat, two women in the middle, and a young child on the far right, standing near one corner of the house. The house behind them appears to have wood or mud walls with a thatched roof and the yard is enclosed by a stick fence. Handwriting on the back of the photo says "Typical 'jacal' found in the Rio Grande Valley up into the early 1900's. The 'jacal' was the home of the 'peón' class. John E. Connor Museum"

Photograph of a close-up view of a wall of jacal Va #A in Val Verde, Municipio de Ojinagá, Chihuahua. Horcones (corner and center posts) are visible.

Photograph of three people making baskets indoors. Finished baskets hang in lines on the ceiling.

Photograph of a small board-and-batten house (casa de madera parada) near Salineño. This type of home was the second-generation folk house form common for working-class Tejanos.

Photograph of a close-up view of mud and twigs. They are stacked in layers and appear that they may be part of a structure. Larger twigs are on the bottom-most layer, with smaller twigs in the middle layer, and mud makes up the top layer.

Photograph of a man weaving a sheath. He is seated and wearing a cowboy hat, suspenders, and a plain white button down short-sleeved shirt. Tools and supplies sit on a small table next to him.

Photograph of three pieces of woven jewelry. They are all either rings or bracelets.

Photograph of a gate at the entrance to King Ranch. Some yucca plants are visible in the background.

Paper discussing Mexican-American folklore, including architecture, slang, traditions, verbal arts, religion, folk narratives, folk music, folk medicine, rites of passage, material culture, folk art, and foodways.

Photograph of the underside view of one corner of a roof on a building. Details of the boards and beams that were used to construct the home and roof can be seen.

Photograph of one of two similar houses built on the El Guajillo Ranch in Duval County. The houses were built in the early 1860's by Antonio Hinojosa, and have pitched roofs made of machine-cut lumber and factory-made wooden shingles hauled from Corpus Christi on wagons.

Photograph of a person standing in front of a fireplace at the Treviño Uribe Rancho (the home of Jesus Treviño, the founder of San Ygnacio) in San Ygnacio, Texas. The woman stands on the left side of the fireplace, and a doorway is visible behind her.

Photograph of a group of people doing a Native American ceremonial dance while wearing traditional clothing. Some people who are not participating in the dance are sitting on blue benches in the background.

Photograph of people using butane prickly pear burners to burn thorns off of prickly pears so that cattle can eat the prickly pear as food.

Photograph of Doña Angelina Contreras of Monte Bustillos rolling dough for corn tortillas.

Three copies of a photograph of traditional cookers used for making tripitas. The two cookers are made of metal, with handles and tripod feet, set up on the ground outdoors, and one has a utensil in it for stirring. It appears that the same negative was printed correctly and reversed (backwards) but it is unclear which version is correct. Text above the photos says, "Traditional tripitas cooker" and text on the back of the second photo in the set says, "Traditional tripitas cooker made from a plow disk."

Photograph of a ranch entrance with a sign, made of oil field pipe and drill stems, that says "Bustamante's, Las Comitas Ranch, Made by Nano Joe Jr., 1-1-1989." There is a dirt road that turns under the sign and leads toward the right; it is lined with short wooden fencing and several buildings are visible on the left side of the image, along the road.