Slide of the opening ceremony the Texas Folklife Festival. The Institute of Texan Cultures guides prepare to release huge bunches of balloons.

Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. Balloons are in the air and being released by the exhibit floor guides of the Institute of the Texas.

Slide of Rocky Stallings demonstrating a blowgun in the Indian Village area of the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long hollow stick to his mouth. His cheeks are bubbled out as he blows into it.

Slide of Bob Gallaway's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival that offers silk screening on shirts. He and his wife, Liz Gallaway, run the booth and are from San Antonio. In the image, Bob Gallaway is taking an order for a shirt from a woman.

Slide of The Boerne Village Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival on stage. The band consists of four members playing a tuba, saxophones and clarinets. There are people around the stage listening to the music.

Slide of a booth that serves aguas frescas in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three large clear containers, each filled with a different colored liquid. There are three women in the booth. There are also stacks of cups on the counters.

Slide of a booth sponsored by the Honey Bee Keepers Association of Texas. Inside the booth are a few people. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of 4-H Clubs of Medina County sponsored corn husking and shelling at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young boy and girl husking corn. The boy is standing behind a trash can that is filled with corn husks. There are also corn husks all over the ground.

Slide of the Transportation Museum of San Antonio area at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are two boys present, one of whom is holding a tool that he is using to drive railroad spikes into a section of railroad behind the boys. There are two men to the right of the boys, one of whom is overseeing the boys.

Slide of a boy sitting on a piece of cardboard or berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sliding the side of a hill. There are people in the background on the right.

Slide of a boy sitting on a hollow log that is strung up on four ropes. Four men are using the ropes to swing and buck the log to give the boy a "Bucking Barrel Ride." This was sponsored by Frank Madla and was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of M.C. Robert Thonhoff dancing with the bunny mascot at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mascot is a part of the Bunny Brass Band who is playing in the background on the right. The band members are all dressed as rabbits and one is standing in front of the band directing. The rest of the band is facing Thonhoff and the bunny mascot playing brass instruments, such as the French horn and trumpet.

Slide of the Bunny Brass Band performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is formed into a half circle with the maestro standing in the middle in front of them. They are all in rabbit costumes. The bunny mascot is a small boy, also dressed up, and is standing in the foreground to the left. He is holding a round makeshift sign reading "Easter Fires Pageant Mar. 29, 1975."

Slide of Harry M. Schneider, from San Antonio, Texas, drawing a young lady standing with her hands behind her back in posing. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of artist Caroline Shelton (right) painting cascerones (painted eggshells that can be filled with confetti) at the Texas Folklife Festival. In front of Shelton, there is a table covered in egg cartons and there are arches over the table decorated with paper flowers. The booth was sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society.

Slide of Charlene of Kingsbury, Texas making corn dolls in her booth. She works at a table with corn on the cobs in a bucket and other supplies to make her dolls. There are two that are made in front of her to her right. These two are female dolls and one is not completely finished, but has long braids. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of children squatting over metal tubs as they husk or shuck corn for the Hondo Champion Corn Shuckin' Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of children playing in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard in the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a girl sliding down a board headfirst. There are children behind her in a tunnel and hay all around.

Slide of two young girls playing in a buggy behind a fiberglass horse in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard of the Texas Folklife Festival. The girl on the left is trying a bonnet on the other.

Slide of three young boys playing on a fiberglass horse in the Children's Toyland and Barnyard of the Texas Folklife Festival. The horse also has a buggy attached to it.

Slide of a young man helping a child on a hollow log that is strung up on four ropes. There are other children around, some pushing or pulling at the ropes. This was taken at the Buckin' Barrel Ride, sponsored by Frank Madla, at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Slide of children playing with a few see-saws in the Toyland and Barnyard section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four children playing, one on each end of two different see-saws. The see-saws are made of wood logs.

Slide of John H. Corner (right) showing children how to use tools at the Grandpa's Tool Shed at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are at a work counter covered in wood shavings.

Slide of Cecil Overstreet (on ladder), Clifton Warden and a helper using stone to build a chimney on a log house at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mentioned people are gathered near and on the roof and making progress on the chimney while two other men squat at the base of it as they wait for an opportunity to help with the project.