[Kathleen Smolik Laury Demonstrating Drop Spinning]

Photograph of Kathleen Smolik Laury demonstrating drop spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a floral pioneer dress with an apron and a bonnet. With her left hand she is holding up the raw fibers to be spun and her right hand is holding a dowel which collects the finished yarn.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Brett Spinning Horsehair Rope]

Photograph of Bill Brett, postmaster from Hull, Texas, spinning horsehair rope and telling stories at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a gray collared shirt, a gray cowboy hat, and big glasses as he clutches a bundle of light-colored horsehair. He is looking up from his chair at someone or something.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Doris Riedel Making Lye Soap]

Photograph of Doris Riedel making lye soap at the Texas Folklife Festival. The soap is in a cauldron which she is stirring with a wooden stick. She is wearing a floral dress and a red apron as she scoops out some of the mixture with a small silver container.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Storyteller Bill Corkery]

Photograph of storyteller Bill Corkery at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a blue gingham button-up shirt and a straw cowboy hat. His large nose points down toward his prominent chin and his mouth curls inward. Wrinkles are gathered around his eyes.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Brett with Horsehair Rope]

Photograph of Bill Brett, postmaster from Hull, Texas, spinning horsehair rope at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a gray collared shirt, a gray cowboy hat, and big glasses as he clutches a bundle of light-colored horsehair and a completed rope.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History