Photograph of thoroughbred racing crawfish competing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The crawfish are racing on a white surface with red and blue concentric circles. The photograph is taken at the same level as the racing track. Behind the track are two men wearing berets who appear to be administering the race. In the background, a crowd is gathered to watch.

Photograph of a woman serving German sauerkraut in the New Braunfels Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is wearing floral print white lederhosen with a white peasant top. Using tongs, she is serving some sauerkraut into a small styrofoam bowl from a large ceramic container. In the foreground (unfocused), a person with a drumstick on their plate is waiting to be served.

Photograph of a man selling sausage in the New Braunfels Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is wearing dark pants, a white shirt, and suspenders and handing a sausage on a stick to a man who just purchased it. The seller is standing next to a large grill topped with about a hundred sausages on a stick. To the left of the male customer, two young female visitors stand behind the grill, outside of the booth, with sausages they just bought. Behind them, other festival visitors are visible.

Photograph of a three men preparing sausage in the New Braunfels Wurstfest booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men are all wearing green lederhosen with white shirts. Two of them men stand in front of a large grill covered in approximately sixty sausages that have each been skewered. One man stands in the foreground at the side of the grill. All three of the men look as if they are rotating the sausages for an even grilling. Behind them is a female booth worker. In the background, there is a hill on which people are sitting and walking.

Photograph of Newton O. Peschel from Winedale at the German-Texan furniture making booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Peschel, standing behind a table at the booth, is pointing out information to two visitors who are looking at a pamphlet obtained from the table. Two wooden chairs are on the table for display, one on either side of Peschel.

Photograph of Clint Herbst, the six year-old drummer of the Boerne Village Band, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Seated behind a snare drum, he is wearing jeans, a white shirt, and a black vest with red trim. His right foot is on the bass drum pedal while he holds two drums sticks and looks off to the right. In the background a beige curtain and red and yellow ribbons are visible.

Photograph of a clarinet player in the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The clarinet player is an elderly gentleman who is seated behind a music stand, playing his clarinet in front of a beige curtain.

Photograph of Ottmar Behr, age 84, of the Boerne Village Band, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. He sitting behind a music stand playing a tuba. Behind him a beige curtain and some colored ribbons are hanging.

Photograph of a tuba player in the Boerne Village Band, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph shows a profile view of the musician, who is seated and playing the tuba while also holding a sheet of music. The side of the stage and a beige curtain are visible in the background.

Photograph of the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph, taken onstage with the band, shows the semi-circle of musicians from the side. They are seated and facing the audience who is to the right, outside of the photograph. The backdrop of the stage has a beige curtain and colored ribbons. All of the band members are dressed alike in dark vests and white shirts. Two tuba players are in the foreground facing away while two trumpet players on the far side of the stage face forward.

Photograph of trumpet players in the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph shows a profile view of one trumpet player, with another trumpet player directly behind him. The trumpet player in front is perspiring. In the background, a beige curtain with blue and yellow ribbons is visible.

Photograph of the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Seven band members are visible playing on a stage with a beige curtain and colored ribbons in the background. A woman standing in front of the stage places a case on the stage next to one of the band members. All of the members are dressed alike in white short-sleeved shirts, dark pants and dark vests. Instruments being played include tubas, trumpets, a clarinet and drums.

Photograph of the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four band members are playing on a stage with a beige curtain and colored ribbons hanging in the background. The drummer is a young boy, Clint Herbst, the son of Dr. Kenneth Herbst. The other three members are elderly men. All of the members are dressed alike in white short-sleeved shirts, dark pants and dark vests. Starting from the left is a tuba player, then the young drummer, then two clarinet players.

Photograph of the Boerne Village Band, directed by Dr. Kenneth Herbst, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph, taken from the right side of the stage, shows seven band members playing on a stage with an overhead covering and a backdrop with a beige curtain and colored ribbons. All of the members are dressed alike in white short-sleeved shirts, dark pants and dark vests. Starting from the left are two tuba players, then a young drummer, then two clarinet players, followed by two trumpet players. The performance is outdoors at night.

Photograph of a medicine sweat lodge in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. The sweat lodge is constructed like a teepee but covered with straw instead of canvas or leather. The top portion of the frame is visible; it is not covered with straw. There is a low and narrow doorway on the front. Five people are standing to the left of the sweat lodge. In the foreground, part of a street is visible. Behind the sweat lodge some trees and a chain-link fence is visible.

Photograph of two Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers performing for a crowd at the Texas Folklife Festival. Their clothing is traditionally Native American: brightly colored, and heavily decorated with feathers. They are wearing short tunics, and knee-high boots covered in cream-colored animal fur. Hundreds of feathers decorate their backs. One dancer's outfit is red and white; the other's is pink and blue, but each has a feathered mohawk.

Photograph of two Tigua Indian dancers, male and female, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is on the left and wearing white pants, a black shirt, and knee-high, orange moccasins with fringe. Around his head and his waist is a red sash. He is holding some sort of shaker or maraca. The woman stands on the right of him and is wearing a cream-colored, tea-length dress with a red and blue stripe at the hem. She is also wearing a decorative shawl and tan boots. She is holding what appears to be brown feathers.

Photograph of the Tigua Indian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are forming two lines, facing each other, forming a pathway in the center. The photograph is taken from one end of the pathway with the dancers on each side. The male dancers are wearing white pants and orange moccasins with fringe. Most are wearing dark shirts but one is shirtless. The women wear tea-length, cream colored dresses that have a red and blue stripe at the hem. They each have a decorative shawl around their shoulders. At the other end of the pathway, a man is standing and playing a drum with a soft mallet. He is standing in front of a car and next to a few spectators.

Photograph of the Alabama-Coushatta baskets being displayed in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. On a table in the foreground are a variety of tan baskets. Some are small and some large, but all are woven. On the other side of the table, women and children are surveying the baskets. In the center, a woman with large red sunglasses is looking at the display.

Photograph of a boy standing behind the Tigua bead necklace display in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a simple headress, made of a blue decorated band with beads and feathers hanging from it. He is also wearing two decorated bands around his upper arms over his patterned shirt. The display features several necklaces, all with red, black, and white beads. The boy is smiling and is resting his elbows on the counter.

Photograph of Alice Battise demonstrating Alabama-Coushatta basket-making in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, wearing Native American necklaces, and a purple dress with white and green trim. She has started weaving a small basket which is resting in her lap.

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta woman using beads to make a rosette for a necklace in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, wearing a blue shirt with patterned trim, and a Native American necklace. She is holding a small plate of beads with her left hand. In her other hand she is holding the string that is attached to the rosette she is making.

Photograph of the Tigua bead working demonstration booth in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground, a woman with long black hair and glasses is sitting at a table with a brightly-colored tablecloth and trays of tiny beads assorted by color. Next to her on the right is a woman with black wavy hair. Both women are wearing colorful capes and holding a tool used for bead working. To the right of the women, festival visitors are trying their hand at bead working.

Photograph of a woman serving buffalo jerky in Indian Village at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is cutting off samples of jerky for festival visitors. She holds the jerky close to her and cuts it with a pocket knife. A few girls are standing very close to her with their hands outstretched, waiting to get a sample.