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[Belgium Mast]

Photograph of a man hanging on to the top of a mast. The mast, which is raised quite high, has a cowbell attached at the top of it. Individuals on the ground look on. A booth in the background is decorated with a banner which is meant to look like the Belgian flag.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Clayton and Pat Thatcher at Opening Ceremonies]

Photograph of Texas House Speaker Bill Clayton with ITC exhibit floor manager, Pat Thatcher, at the Texas Folklife Festival opening ceremony. Clayton is on the right, standing next to a few other men. Thatcher is standing just to the left of him, wearing a dress from the early 20th century and a wide-brimmed hat decorated with flowers.
Date: August 2, 1979
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Clayton Cutting Ribbon at Opening Ceremony]

Photograph of Texas House Speaker, Bill Clayton, cutting a red and yellow ribbon at the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has short gray hair and is wearing a white shirt with a tie. Standing next to him on the left is a woman wearing a white Kentucky Derby-style dress and hat. She is waving with her hand up in the air. Standing to the right of Clayton is a tall man with a dark beard wearing an off-white shirt and beige pants. The Institute of Texan Cultures building is visible in the background.
Date: August 2, 1979
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Sallee Making Whistles]

Photograph of Bill Sallee, from Trader's Village in Grand Prairie, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw cowboy hat and big, black frame glasses, he is sitting at a table carving out a whistle from elm bark.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Black and White Chicken Flying Out of a Mailbox]

Photograph of a white chicken with black speckles flying out of a mailbox as part of the chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The mailbox is white and has a red chicken painted on it.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blacksmithing Demonstration]

Photograph of a brown-haired man giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, as he hammers a hot piece of metal on an anvil. A forge with an open flame is visible in the right middle ground.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Goebel Serving German Sausage on a Stick]

Photograph of Bob Goebel serving German Sausage on a stick in the Wursfest food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped shirt, brown lederhosen and a purple alpine hat, he is holding up a sausage and a roll, skewered together on a stick.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Goebel Serving German Sausage on a Stick]

Photograph of Bob Goebel serving German Sausage on a stick in the Wursfest food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped shirt, brown lederhosen and a purple alpine hat, he is holding up a sausage and a roll, skewered together on a stick.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Goebel Serving Sausage on a Stick]

Photograph of Bob Goebel serving sausage on a stick in the German food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing lederhosen and an alpine hat, he is holding a sausage skewered with a roll.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy at the Sugar Cane Mill]

Photograph of a young blonde boy at the sugar cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has inserted a cane of sugar into the grinding mechanism which is powered by a horse walking around in a circle.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Holding Horseshoe]

Photograph of a red-haired boy holding a horseshoe in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding it up toward the camera so that his face is showing through it.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Learning About Muzzleloaders]

Photograph of two men teaching a boy about muzzleloaders in "Muzzleloading School" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy is sitting in between the two men, who are dressed in Civil War era clothing and are showing him the muzzle of a rifle that is laid across their laps. They are all sitting on a stack of wooden shingles, in front of a log cabin.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Learning Shingle Splitting]

Photograph of a boy trying out shingle splitting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a large mallet with both hands, hammering down on a stump of wood. A few other children and a couple of adults are watching him.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Learning to Whittle]

Photograph of a boy learning to whittle at whittling school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has brown hair and is wearing a small straw hat and a green and white tank top. He is holding a small piece of wood, carving it with a small knife.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Looking at Two Chickens]

Photograph of a boy looking at two chickens in the Alamo Poultry Club exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped polo shirt and shorts, the dark-haired boy is standing on the left, looking at a cage on the right containing two chickens. He has a big smile on his face.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Standing Next to a Dairy Cow]

Photograph of a young boy standing next to a light-colored dairy cow at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The blonde boy is on the right, smiling, and wearing a white and navy t-shirt, and red gym shorts. The cow is wearing a bell and a rope halter.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Playing Wheelbarrow Game]

Photograph of a blindfolded boy pushing another boy in a wheel barrow in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy riding is directing the blindfolded boy to push the wheelbarrow through a wooden arch. A young man is standing next to them to provide additional assistance.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bread Bakers Making "Depression Bread"]

Photograph of bread bakers making "Depression Bread" baked in coffee cans at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two bakers behind the booth are slicing the tall cylindrical loaves for customers to sample.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Lassoing a Group of Children]

Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, lassoing a group of children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of children are sitting on a small hay bale and Montague is standing next to them. The very large lasso is enveloping all of them. A few spectators are gathered around to watch.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Roping with Two Lassos]

Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, roping with two lassos at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is spinning one of the lassos around his waist while he steps into another smaller lasso near the ground. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Trick Roping]

Photograph of Bruce Montague doing trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on the grass spinning his lasso around. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg]

Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A group of young men in solid color bunny suits are standing in a cluster playing instruments. Each member is wearing a different color suit. The band leader is in a blue bunny suit, facing the camera and holding a silver baton. Visible instruments include, trumpets, a saxophone, a marching band style bass drum, and more assorted drums.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cajun Band Performing]

Photograph of the Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The singer is out in front, holding a microphone and standing in front of a fiddler and an accordion player. A guitarist is standing on the right side of the stage and a bassist and lap steel player are on the far left. At the back of the stage is the drummer, amongst many amps and speakers. The stage is set up at the bottom of a brush-covered hill.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Campo German Dancers Performing]

Photograph of the El Campo German Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a young man wearing lederhosen is twirling around a girl in a peasant-style dress. Other couples twirling onstage are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History