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[Governor Dolph Briscoe Opening Ceremonies]
Photograph of the opening ceremony at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Governor Dolph Briscoe is speaking to a large audience outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures, wearing a navy suit and a striped tie.
Date:
August 5, 1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Ceremony]
Photograph of Governor Dolph Briscoe and his wife, Janey, inside the Institute of Texas Cultures during the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The governor and his wife stand beneath a painted portrait of the governor himself.
Date:
August 5, 1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Folklife Festival Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]
Photograph of Governor Dolph Briscoe and his wife, Janey, cutting the opening ceremonies ribbon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Governor Briscoe wears a navy suit with a striped tie, while Janey wears a peach-colored dress and gold necklace. A man wearing a green shirt decorated with various patches and a red bandanna shows his elaborate straw hat to the governor.
Date:
August 5, 1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Folklife Festival Opening Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the parade, wearing clothing unique to his or her own culture, carry balloons as they walk along the gravel parade route.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Folklife Festival Annual Parade]
Photograph of the opening parade at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the parade, wearing clothing unique to his or her own culture, carry balloons as they walk along the gravel parade route.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Institute of Texas Cultures Parade]
Photograph of Roger Bourne leading the Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band in the opening parade of the Texas Folklife Festival. Roger and his band wear tan shirts with yellow sashes, red plaid kilts, white leather boots and tall black hats. The parade walks along a gravel road outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Antique Corn Sheller]
Photograph of a child using an antique corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy leans over a wooden trough full of corn. He cranks the sheller as several festival participants watch.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association]
Photograph of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association performing a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two members of the association rest on one knee, firing blanks at demonstrators dressed as Native Americans. A crowd of festival participants watch the demonstration from behind the fenced-off area.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Festival Demonstration]
Photograph of the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association and the Alamo City Highlanders performing a demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two groups are walking across the hillside outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. The Alamo City Highlanders are wearing white shirts tucked into red plaid kilts.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cow Milking Contest]
Photograph of a cow milking contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two men wearing white shirts with jeans and brown belts lean over cows as they race to milk them completely.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jerry Young Processing Cane]
Photograph of Jerry Young visiting the cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry stands next to his two white mules yoked to work at the cane mill. His Texas Folklife Festival name tag is attached to the top of his cowboy hat. He is also wearing a denim shirt, khaki pants, and a leather belt. Crowds of festival participants are visible behind the mules, watching the cane being processed.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cane Mill at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Photograph of Jerry Young feeding cane into the cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jerry wears a denim shirt and khaki pants with a tan cowboy hat. In the background, a pair of oxen give festival participants rides around the festival.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill Corkery Making Adobe]
Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the pit of adobe, breaking weeds over the mixture, wearing a straw hat, a blue checkered shirt, denim jeans, and brown leather boots. Festival participants watch him as he makes the adobe.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Max Deike and His Fur Pelts]
Photograph of Max Deike, also known as Trapper Max, examining fur pelts at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Max wears a tan cowboy hat with a plaid shirt and black-rimmed glasses. He sits behind a table covered in various fur pelts, demonstrating his knowledge to festival-participants.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brewing Booth]
Photograph of Floyd Schneider teaching brewing techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Floyd sits in a chair wearing a straw hat and a white shirt, pointing to a chart on the wall titled "The Art of Brewing," and speaking to festival participants about the art of brewing beer.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virge T. Williams with Hog Dog]
Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams and Hog Dog at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Virge wears a green shirt with jeans and a tan cowboy hat. He holds his dog, Hog Dog, in his lap.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Quirt Making]
Photograph of T.R. "Rowdy" Pate, making a quirt rope, a type of whip for cattle, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. T.R. is wearing a black hat with jeans and a white buttoned-up shirt. He holds a tan piece of rawhide in his hands as he weaves the quirt.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lye Soap Making]
Photograph of Doris Riedel making lye soap at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Doris wears a denim shirt and jeans with tan shoes. She stirs the contents of an iron pot, heating over a pile of burning kindling.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drop Spinning Demonstration]
Photograph of Kathleen Smolik demonstrating drop spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears a blue dress with a white apron embroidered with large strawberries. She holds the drop spindle in her hands, spinning fibers into thread.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill Lindig Splitting Shingles]
Photograph of Bill Lindig splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill straddles a sawhorse as he cuts shingles from a block of wood. Festival participants are visible in the background, interacting with festival booths and watching festival demonstrations.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Broad Ax Timber Shaping]
Photograph of Rick Smith timber shaping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Rick stands on a large log, raising an axe in the air before bringing it down on a large piece of timber. Rick wears a striped shirt with jeans, suede boots, and a blue hat.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arnold Griffin Teaching Log Sawing]
Photograph of Arnold Griffin teaching children how to saw a log at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold holds onto the middle of the saw, guiding it through the wood as two boys hold onto handles on opposite sides. the sawing demonstration takes place in the front yard surrounding a small wooden house.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Log Sawing]
Photograph of children learning how to saw logs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two children push and pull the long saw through an overturned tree trunk.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jethro Holmes and His Ox]
Photograph of Jethro Holmes and his ox at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jethro wears a denim shirt and denim pants, a blue bow tie and a cowboy hat. He leans on his black ox, surrounded by a bed of straw.
Date:
[1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History