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Former Texas Governor John B. Connally at the Opening Ceremony
Color photograph of a man, identified as former Texas governor John B. Connally, standing behind a wooden podium at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. On the front of the podium is a sign that reads, "Institute of Texas Cultures, University of Texas at San Antonio." A few people are seated in fold-up chairs behind him.
Date:
August 3, 1978
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Log Cabin Construction]
Color photograph of a woman participating in the live demonstration of the construction of a log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is stripping the bark off a long piece of raw wood that lays perpendicular to other pieces of wood on the ground.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Log Cabin Construction]
Color photograph of two young boys seated at the corner of an unfinished log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. While the boy on the left watches, the boy on the right is stripping the bark off the topmost log using a carving tool.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Neal Wright Constructing a Chimney]
Color photograph of Neal Wright demonstrating the construction of a brick chimney at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. It is unfinished; he is patting material onto the outside of the chimney shaft.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Stretching Hides]
Color photograph of a man identified as Max "Trapper Max" Deike, seated amongst bales of hay at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is stretching hides using wooden boards and a metal tool. A few hides hang behind him.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John B. Connally and Wife Nellie Connally Cutting a Ceremonial Ribbon]
Color photograph of a man identified as John B. Connally, former Texas governor, cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. His wife Nellie is standing to his left while the festival's director Claudia Ball stands to his right. A few on-lookers are visible in the distance.
Date:
August 3, 1978
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Making Crafts at the Frontier Playland]
Color photograph of a young girl learning how to make crafts from yarn at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A woman wearing a floral-patterned bonnet on her head is helping her. Their workspace is atop a bale of hay where there are several more balls of yarn and a glue bottle.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bruce Roark, Maker of Musical Instruments]
Color photograph of an elderly man playing a wooden double-necked guitar at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several more wooden stringed instruments are hanging on the wall behind him. The man is identified as Bruce Roark, who makes instruments.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Grist Mill]
Color photograph of a red grist mill, a special antique relic on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Knelt next to it is a man named Matt Pantalion, who is from Nacogdoches. He is watching the grist mill work, as the conveyer belt rotates and the corn kernels, though only a few are visible, are processed.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Preparation for Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest]
Color photograph of a young boy and a man reaching into watermelon halves to gather seeds for the watermelon seed spitting contest at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The pair of watermelon halves sit on a grassy area; next to them is a pile of watermelon pulp.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[O.T. Baker Outside His Makeshift Smokehouse]
Color photograph of a man named O.T. Baker seated outside his makeshift smokehouse that he shares with another man, Austin Taylor, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The smokehouse is made of rustic wood; its door is open and a man is visible in the doorway, bent over. O.T. Baker is seated right outside the doorway with his hand out-stretched. Several cow skulls are hung around the area as decoration. Two signs hang from the roof of the smokehouse. The one on the left reads, "O.T. Baker, Smokehouse, Austin" while the sign on the right reads, "Austin Taylor, Smokehouse, Lake Hills."
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Festival Participants at the Booth For Out-of-State Visitors]
Color photograph of a group of Texas Folklife Festival participants posed for a picture at the booth for out-of-state visitors. From left to right, they are: Dick Potter, John Collins aka Judge Roy Bean, Daisy Potter, and Jack F. "Spot" Baird. Each man is wearing a hat; Daisy holds a parasol above her head. In the background, a sign hanging between palm trees reads, "Law West of the Pecos."
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bayou City Attic Singers]
Color photograph of the Bayou City Attic Singers comprised of four and a pianist; they are performers at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Three of the singers are standing; there are two women and one man between them. One of the singers is much younger and is seated on a bench. They each have their own microphone. Various audio equipment lines the edge of the elevated stage where they are performing. The pianist is an older male, who also has a microphone in front of him. He is seated behind an upright wooden piano.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mexican Folk Dancers]
Photograph of Mexican Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers stand on-stage, wearing colorful dresses as they twirl their skirts around for festival participants.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Filipino Dancers]
Color photograph of four women performing a traditional Filipino dance at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are gesturing with their hands in the air while stepping in coordination. Each woman is wearing a traditional Filipino costume, a colorful dress with a green apron over the skirt.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children Riding Horseback]
Color photograph of two young children, a girl and a boy, riding horseback on a green hillside at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The horse is a pale color and is wearing a saddle and reins. A young boy who is leading the horse near the front is partially visible.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Making Adobe]
Color photograph of two young boys mixing a pit of adobe on the ground at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A man in a khaki shirt and jeans stands behind them near a bale of hay.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Berm Sliding]
Color photograph of a young boy sliding on a grassy berm at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival; he is using a flattened cardboard box as his vehicle. He is wearing a striped shirt, denim shorts, knee-high socks, and tennis shoes. Behind him is another boy.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bass Box Players for The Hoboes]
Black and white photograph of two men who are participants of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are playing bass boxes, instruments made from hollow, rectangular boxes with broomsticks that insert into the tops of the boxes. On the right is Bootsie Ehlers, sitting on top of his bass box while he plays. A microphone placed inside the opening at the front of his bass box picks up the sound of his playing.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Voices of the Mainland
Black and white photograph of a band of four men performing together under the name "Voices of the Mainland" at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Each man has a microphone to sing into. The two men standing in the center are playing electric guitars as they sing.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Former U.S. Representative O.C. Fisher, Storytelling]
Black and white photograph of O.C. Fisher, a former U.S. Representative, seated in a rocking chair and telling a story into a microphone. Another man is also seated in a rocking chair next to him. They are participants of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]
Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, puncturing a small piece of leather with a few tools. He has his own table in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Korea Visiting with a Baby]
Black and white photograph of a woman known as Miss Korea, becoming acquainted with a baby in a stroller, whose hand she is holding in her own. As a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival, she is wearing a traditional Korean costume dress known as a Hanbok.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Miss Korea Speaking with a Young Boy]
Black and white photograph of a woman known as Miss Korea, speaking to a young boy wearing a cowboy hat. As a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival, she is wearing a traditional Korean costume dress known as a Hanbok.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History