Photograph of Debbie Morelock, broom maker from Brownwood, carving a broomstick at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a mob cap and a pioneer dress, she is stripping bark off of the thin stick.

Photograph of Kevin Fitzpatrick demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a black cowboy hat, jeans, and boots, he is trick roping while standing on a circular platform. In the left foreground, a blonde girl is watching. In the background, some people are watching from a covered porch.

Photograph of Marty Tuttle giving honey samples in the beekeeper's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is squeezing a small amount of honey from a plastic container onto a plastic spoon. Several jars of honey are on the table in front of her. Tuttle has short, dark, curly hair, and is wearing a button up shirt with ric rac on the collar.

Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding.

Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding. Behind him a rocking chair and a small hay bale is visible.

Photograph of Ace Reid and Paul Patterson on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is standing on the right and speaking into a microphone while Reid is sitting on the left. They are both wearing cowboy hats. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.

Photograph of Bill Corkery telling a story on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a hay bale, wearing a cowboy hat and speaking into a microphone. In the left foreground, two young audience members are sitting on the edge of the stage. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like a wooden house front.

Photograph of a female drummer for the Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap that says, "Indian Power," she is sitting in a chair and playing a Native American drum with furry mallets.

Photograph of the Czech Folk Dancers of West at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a woman in traditional Czech clothing are dancing together. The man is raising his arm to twirl the woman around. She is wearing a dress covered with sheer, light-colored fabric. Her blouse has large, puffy sleeves and she is wearing a crown of flowers. The man is wearing an ornately embroidered vest over a light-colored tunic that has big, loose sleeves. A crowd of spectators is visible in the background.

Photograph of Cindy Findley, from Edwards County, telling a story onstage at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and chaps, she is standing in front of a tall wooden chair. Behind her on the right is emcee, Rosemary Davis. She is wearing a long skirt and a wide-brimmed sun hat.

Photograph of Cindy Findley telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a patterned shirt, and leather chaps, she is standing at the center of a small stage in front of a tall chair, a square hay bale, and a painted backdrop of a house front. Sitting in a rocking chair on the right side of the stage is emcee, Rosemary Davis, wearing a long white dress and a wide-brimmed sun hat.

Photograph of young Irish dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The three girls are wearing short skirts, long-sleeved shirts, and dark vests. They are dancing with their hands at their side and their right legs pointed out in front of them.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a baseball cap and aviator sunglasses, he is placing a finger on each side of his mouth and forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a paper "Red Man" bib, he is forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of living history reenactors dressed as Civil War era soldiers sitting around a table in Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. One man on the far side of the table is not in costume. The door to the room, on the left, is open to the outside.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap and a button up shirt, he is forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of a man clearing spit from the competition area at the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing shorts and a t-shirt, the blond man is wiping the tarp with a sponge mop. Several spectators are standing beside the competition area.

Photograph of David Howell, of Brazoria Militia, giving gunsmith lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is crouched over a vice that is holding a gun stock, which he is carving.

Photograph of Jodie Aves, from Fredericksburg, demonstrating a spinning wheel at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an apron with an image of a spinning wheel, she is sitting next to two young boys, showing them the raw fiber that will be spun into yarn.

Photograph of a man serving food in the Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a button up shirt, he is holding a small styrofoam bowl of food and is smiling at the camera. Plastic cups are stacked up on the counter in front of him.

Photograph of a band practicing under a tree at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the right, a woman wearing a long calico skirt and a sun hat is playing a guitar. To the left is a man playing washtub bass, another guitarist, and a fiddler wearing a poet shirt. Instrument cases are open on the ground next to the tree trunk on the left.

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.

Photograph of a cowboy kissing a woman as part of the free cowboy kisses at Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Standing on the left, he is wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt as he embraces the woman. She has shoulder length hair and is wearing a sleeveless shirt. Above them a sign reads, "Cowboy Kisses, 0 Coupons."

Photograph of a man and a boy making cornmeal hoe cakes in the Cisco Civic League booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two are each holding a hoe over a pile of hot coals to cook small cakes on the flat metal part of the tool. The man is on the right wearing overalls, a straw hat, and glasses. The boy is to the left of the coal pile.