Photograph of three Living History reenactors at Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Dressed in blue Civil War era military uniforms, they are holding the barrels of their rifles while the stocks rest on the ground.

Photograph of a living history reenactor dressed as a Civil War era soldier reporting to his superior in Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on the left while his superior officer is sitting at a desk on the right. Behind the officer at the desk, a festival visitor is peeking inside through a window.

Photograph of living history reenactors dressed as Civil War era soldiers sitting around a table in Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. One man on the far side of the table is not in costume. The door to the room, on the left, is open to the outside.

Photograph of living history reenactors dressed as Civil War era soldiers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Reenacting a combat scene, two soldiers are surrounding a soldier with an eye patch. The one in the foreground is grabbing his arm while the one behind him is grabbing his shoulder. The two attacking soldiers are also carrying rifles.

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. In the foreground is a guitarist and an acoustic bassist. In the background, a violinist and another guitarist is visible.

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. From the left is an acoustic bassist, a violinist, and a guitarist.

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats. From the left is a male guitarist, a female guitarist and a male violinist. The stone fort is visible in the background.

Photograph of a man and a boy making cornmeal hoe cakes in the Cisco Civic League booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two are each holding a hoe over a pile of hot coals to cook small cakes on the flat metal part of the tool. The man is on the right wearing overalls, a straw hat, and glasses. The boy is to the left of the coal pile.

Photograph of a man and a woman in Civil War era costumes participating in the Living History reenactment at Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man is wearing a military uniform: a wide brimmed hat, a dark belted coat with gold buttons and a bandanna around his neck. The woman is wearing a navy patterned dress with a white apron.

Photograph of a man clearing spit from the competition area at the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing shorts and a t-shirt, the blond man is wiping the tarp with a sponge mop. Several spectators are standing beside the competition area.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a baseball cap and aviator sunglasses, he is placing a finger on each side of his mouth and forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cap and a button up shirt, he is forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of a man demonstrating fish hook making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped tank top he is sitting on the right, holding a wooden stick. Standing beside him in the center, a little boy wearing a cap is attaching a string to a finished hook.

Photograph of a cowboy kissing a woman as part of the free cowboy kisses at Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Standing on the left, he is wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt as he embraces the woman. She has shoulder length hair and is wearing a sleeveless shirt. Above them a sign reads, "Cowboy Kisses, 0 Coupons."

Photograph of a man cooking barbecue in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw hat and an apron, he is tending to the meat on the grill. In the foreground, large cuts of cooked meat are on cooling on a rack.

Photograph of a man making toys at the handmade wooden toys booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing glasses and a plaid shirt he is sitting at a small table with a sign on the front that says, "Handmade Wooden Toys by Fred & Jim Sutton, Pleasanton, Texas."

Photograph of a man cooking bratwurst in the Swiss booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a traditional Swiss cap and shirt, he is using tongs to rotate the bratwursts on a flat top grill. Festival visitors are visible outside the booth.

Photograph of a man serving food in the Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt, he is serving a female festival visitor with a smile on his face. Behind him, a female visitor is standing next to a beer tap.

Photograph of a man serving food in the Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a button up shirt, he is holding a small styrofoam bowl of food and is smiling at the camera. Plastic cups are stacked up on the counter in front of him.

Photograph of a man shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, he is straddling the sheep on a square platform, shearing it with an antique shearing machine. In the foreground, some festival visitors are sitting on the grass watching.

Photograph of a man competing in the State Tobacco Spitting Contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a paper "Red Man" bib, he is forcefully spitting to achieve the highest distance possible.

Photograph of Marty Tuttle giving honey samples in the beekeeper's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is squeezing a small amount of honey from a plastic container onto a plastic spoon. Several jars of honey are on the table in front of her. Tuttle has short, dark, curly hair, and is wearing a button up shirt with ric rac on the collar.

Photograph of a group of men and women in traditional European folk clothing at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are walking together with linked arms. The women are wearing tea-length skirts with aprons and peasants shirts with fitted vests. The men are wearing cropped pants with knee-high socks, white shirts and double-breasted vests.

Photograph of Mike Mosel demonstrating his handmade toys, from The Village Woodsmith in San Marcos, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the right, a girl is holding a wooden figure with loose, moveable legs. Mosel, on the left, is bouncing a wooden paddle below the figure's feet, making its legs "dance."