Photograph of Perfecto "Beto" Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The sheep is laying down on a platform while Cervantes takes a shearer to its belly. A crowd is gathered around watching.

Photograph of a woman and a young boy operating an antique corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman, standing on the right, is inserting pieces of corn into the machine while a little boy turns a crank on the left. The kernels are gathered in a bin near the ground.

Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams talking to a little boy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a star-patterned shirt and a cowboy hat, Williams is sitting on a wooden bench. The little boy, also wearing a cowboy hat, is standing beside the bench.

Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with his hog dog at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a cowboy hat with fake money stuffed into the band. Kneeling down next to his dog, he is holding a collection of small bones strung on a necklace he is wearing.

Photograph of a boy petting a goat at the Alamo Area Dairy Goat Association exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The little boy is squatting down in the hay next to the small goat.

Photograph of Neal Wright, from Koontze, building a chimney at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing overalls, moccasins, and a cowboy hat, he is standing on a roof of wooden shingles, adding bluejack clay to the top of the chimney.

Photograph of two boys blowing cow horns in the scrimshaw booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a table is covered in wooden ducks. In the background, several cow horns are hanging on a wall. A woman sitting on the right is watching the boys blow their horns.

Photograph of a woman preparing Yakitori in the Japanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is on the left behind a large grill, rotating the meat on skewers.

Photograph of Living History performers demonstrating daily life at Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the left, a woman in pioneer clothing is washing clothes on a washboard. A man wearing a Civil War era military uniform is standing to the right of her, holding a rifle. Right behind them, a stone house is visible.

Photograph of Ruffin Hill demonstrating a spinning wheel to a little girl at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, she is sitting on the left behind the machine while the little blonde girl is standing on the right.

Photograph of the Old Timey Popcorn booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing western and pioneer clothing, men and women from ITC Alliance (docent office) are operating the booth which contains an old fashioned popcorn machine on wheels.

Photograph of a woman singing on the Cajun stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is holding a microphone with the cord wrapped around her finger. Behind her is a man standing next to a microphone.

Photograph of people dancing in front of the Cajun Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two couples are visible dancing as a band performs on stage. The area is shaded with trees.

Photograph of Emilie Bethke demonstrating how to make pickles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a pioneer dress and a bonnet, she is sitting on the left side of a bench slicing something with a small knife. In the middle of the bench are two bowls: one next to her and one next to a boy on the right who is slicing up cucumbers into it.

Photograph of a woman in a kimono demonstrating Japanese brush lettering at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting on the left, behind the booth, while two festival visitors are standing on the right watching her.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a Red Man bib, he is leaning forward on one foot and spitting onto a tarp that measures distance.

Photograph of the Tennessee Valley Authority performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The four musicians are lined up at the front of the stage. Starting from the left is a violinist, a guitarist, and two banjo players.

Photograph of two cooks preparing food in the Cajun food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man on the right is stirring a cauldron of food with a wooden oar. A curly-haired woman on the left is scooping out some of the food with a large ladle.

Photograph of people dancing at the Cajun Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The area is crowded with couples dancing. Among them, a man is playing accordion.

Photograph of the Bill Smallwood Band performing on a covered stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. At center stage, Bill Smallwood is playing banjo and singing. Other band members performing include a woman on the left playing keyboards, a man in the back playing drums, and a bassist on the right.

Photograph of Bill Smallwood playing violin at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw cowboy hat, a t-shirt, and jeans, he is playing his instrument on stage with other musicians. He is also wearing glasses and has a bushy beard.

Photograph of a girl petting a goat at the Alamo Area Dairy Goat Association exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The goat is on the left standing on a small platform while the girl is on the right, next to its feeding bucket.

Photograph of a woman demonstrating a spinning wheel to a little girl at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman is sitting behind the spinning wheel and operating it while the girl stands next to her on the right.

Photograph of Emma Wuensche crocheting in the Texas Wendish Heritage Society Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing glasses, and a matching bonnet and shawl over a white blouse and a skirt. She is holding a wooden frame on which she is weaving yarn in and out. The table in front of her contains an assortment of circular crocheted pieces.