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[Homero Torres Burning Thorns Off Prickly Pear Cactus]
Photograph of Homero Torres using a kerosene-powered prickly pear burner at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt, he is burning the thorns off of the cactus so they can be used as cattle feed during a drought. The prickly pears are on the right, up against a chain-link fence while Torres stands on the left holding the burner that extends a couple feet out in front of him.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Homero Torres with Pile of Prickly Pear Cactus]
Photograph of Homero Torres with a kerosene-powered prickly pear burner at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt, he is standing next to the burner which is used to burn the thorns off of the cactus so they can be used as cattle feed during a drought. A pile of prickly pears is on the right while Torres is on the left.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Indian Man Chanting and Playing a Drum]
Photograph of Jack Batisse performing Alabama-Coushatta Indian chants as he plays a drum at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an elaborate headdress, he is sitting at a large Indian drum and singing into a microphone.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hank Harrison Playing Violin with Tennessee Valley Authority]
Photograph of Hank Harrison playing violin with the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. To the right of him is a guitar player and a banjo player.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gilmer Yamboree Representatives]
Photograph of Gilmer Yamboree representatives at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Daisy Potter, the Possum Queen, is in the center wearing a long dress with the image of a possum sewn on the skirt. She is holding a parasol and has a wooden possum on a leash. On either side of her are two men wearing overalls and patterned shirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Polynesian Dancers Performing]
Photograph of Pau's Keolaomaui Polynesian Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two women wearing grass skirts and elaborate fan-shaped headdresses are dancing and waving grass pom-poms.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ukrainian Dancers Performing]
Photograph of Ukrainian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a couple is dancing together, skipping around each other in a counter-clockwise fashion. In the background, other couples dancing on the stage are visible. The women are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, peasant shirts, and floral wreath headbands with long flowing ribbons. The men are wearing shiny billowing pants tucked into their knee-high boots with fitted white shirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ukrainian Dancers Performing Onstage]
Photograph of Ukrainian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The couples are lined up one in front of the other, the women on the left side and the men on the right. The women are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, peasant shirts, and floral wreath headbands. The men are wearing shiny billowing pants tucked into their knee-high boots with fitted white shirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Perfecto "Beto" Cervantes Shearing a Sheep]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Antique Corn Sheller]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with Little Boy]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with his Dog]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boy with Goat]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Neal Wright Building Chimney]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boys Blowing Cowhorns]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Preparing Yakitori in Japanese Booth]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Living History Performers at Frontier Fort]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruffin Hill Demonstrating Spinning Wheel]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Workers at Old Timey Popcorn Booth]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Singing on Cajun Stage]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Dancing at Cajun Stage]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Emilie Bethke Making Pickles]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Brush Letter Demonstration]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Participating in State Tobacco Spitting Contest]
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.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History