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[29 Club Members Performing]
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Photograph of 29 Club members, representing Fox Hunt Follies festival in Center, Texas, performing songs and dances of the 1920s at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night on an outdoor stage; the photograph is taken from out in the audience. Men and women are dressed colorful costumes. Most of the women are wearing solid, brightly-colored dresses with bloomers that cover the knee. Each woman has a white shoulder sash. The men are wearing suits and 1920's style bowler or skimmer hats. One man is dressed in 1920's striped swimwear and playing a guitar.
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[29 Club Members Singing and Dancing]
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Photograph of 29 Club members, representing Fox Hunt Follies festival in Center, Texas, performing songs and dances of the 1920's at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night on an outdoor stage; the photograph is taken from out in the audience. Men and women are dressed colorful costumes. Most of the women are wearing solid, brightly-colored, dresses with bloomers that cover the knee. Each woman has a white shoulder sash. Two men are in suits and are wearing 1920's style bowler hats. Two other men are wearing shorts and polo shirts with 1920's style skimmer hats. Many of the performers are making some gesture with their arms, either raised, out in front, or gesturing toward the audience.
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[Aerial View of Crawfish Racing Track]
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Photograph of crawfish racing track from taken from above at the Texas Folklife Festival. Close to the center of the photograph is a square white table painted with concentric red and blue circles. People are crowded around waiting for the start of the crawfish race, sponsored by Texas Champion Crawfish Races in Port Arthur. In the top portion of the photograph there are large yellow letters displayed on a grassy hill that read, "Port Arthur". Directly below that, smaller orange letters read, "Texas Greatest Corner".
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[Belgian Bowling]
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Photograph of a woman participating in Belgian bowling at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is outdoors, on the grass, next to a chain-link fence. She has just released a round, flat object that is rolling toward a wooden crate. The booth's sponsor, George DeWinne, is watching. Two other men are also watching in the background.
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[Bird's Eye View of "Cajun Country"]
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Photograph taken from bird's eye view of large, steep, grassy slope at the Texas Folklife Festival. Large yellow lettering is loosely arranged on the right side of the hill and reads "Cajun Country" which is sponsored by the Cajun Festival and Texas Champion Crawfish Races in Port Arthur. Some people are sitting or standing at the top of the slope where the ground levels out. The area behind them is decorated with pennant flags and contains a couple of booths. Many festival visitors are walking around this area. Several other people are standing or sitting close to the bottom of the slope. A few people are sitting on the lettering.
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[Bird's Eye View of Drummer]
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Bird's eye photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing at the back of a wooden stage and wearing black pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, and a red hat. Instrument cases and some cables are strewn around the drum set. Two people are sitting on the back of the stage in the top right of the photograph. A trash can is located offstage right behind the drummer.
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[Cart of Cascarones]
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Bird's eye view photograph of a red cart containing cascarones, colorful confetti-filled eggshells, in the Mexican market at the Texas Folklife Festival. A woman and small boy are leaning over the cart, looking through the collection of painted eggshells. Two signs reading, "Cascarones" are visible.
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[Chilympiad Food Booth]
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Photograph of the food booth of the Republic of Texas Chilympiad, from San Marcos, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two festival visitors, a man and a woman both dressed in yellow, inquire about items at the booth. The man working the booth is wearing a red shirt, and a red construction helmet. A large white sign with black letters hangs overhead reading, "Chilympiad". Other smaller signs are displayed describing a product for sale entitled, "Sweet n' Hot Chili Jelly", which is packaged in small jars and displayed next to the signs. In the back of the booth, two other workers are visible, wearing red shirts and white aprons.
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[Corn Crib and Corn Sheller]
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Photograph of a corn crib and a corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival. A sign explains that the crib, which looks like a small log cabin with no roof, was originally built on site at Canyon Lake. Ears of corn are piled up inside the crib. On either side of the doorway are burlap bags. Two young girls are in front of the crib, one turning a crank to operate the sheller, the other gathering corn.
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[Costumed Hostesses in Gilmer Yamboree Booth]
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Photograph of three costumed hostesses at the Yamboree booth, representatives of the Gilmer Yamboree, selling slices of yam pie at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women are dressed in pioneer style dresses and are standing behind a counter talking to a female festival visitor. Two women, also in pioneer costumes, are visible near the back of the booth. A small sign on the right side of the booth is displayed on a post and says, "Eat More Possum".
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[Coupon Booth on the Veranda]
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Photograph of a coupon booth on the veranda of the Institute of Texan Cultures and the first annual Texas Folklife Festival. Numerous people are walking around on the veranda. One man has stopped at the coupon booth where two women are working. The booth has a red, yellow, and orange, umbrella covering with a sign that says "Coupons twenty-five cents"
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[Cowboy Grilling Beef]
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Photograph of a cowboy cook flipping large cuts of beef in Cattle Drive Corral at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is flipping the beef with a pitchfork over an open pit grill. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a bandana, a white shirt, and brown chaps. Behind him is a red chuck wagon.
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[Display of Paintings]
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Photograph of artist Leona Davis, from Elgin, at her booth of oil and acrylic paintings at the Texas Folklife Festival. She and another woman are sitting in the booth, which displays a large variety of paintings of Texas landscapes. Smaller paintings are arranged on the table in front of them with a sign that reads "Special $7.50." Behind them, larger paintings are hung with a sign that says "Leona Davis." A small group of people have stopped to look at her paintings. They are standing on the left side of the booth.
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[Dr. Horace Allison Performing with 27 Foot Cedar Horn]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, from Carthage, playing his 27 foot long cedar horn onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stage, which is a long flatbed trailer, contains a piano and bench at the right end. Allison is sitting on the bench, facing away from the piano and playing his cypress horn, which stretches across the entire length of the stage. Two horns lay on the stage not being played. One of them is almost as long as the 27 foot horn. The other sits at Allison's feet and is about three feet long. A sign on the stage denotes it as stage 4. In the foreground, festival visitors sit on the grass, facing the stage. On the far side of the stage, many more festival visitors are standing and watching the performance. In the background, other festival booths and tents are visible.
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[Drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces]
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Photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing a golden-colored drum set and wearing a white, short-sleeved, button-up shirt and black tie. Behind him, large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill. To the right of him, a black net is stretching from the ground up to some point not visible in the photograph.
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[Entrance to Polish Area]
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Photograph of the entrance to the Polish area outside of the Institute of Texan Cultures building at the Texas Folklife Festival. The entrance is denoted by a large archway of paper decorations: red, blue, and white flowers. Visible through the arch, there are red letters hanging from a string of banners that read, "Texas Polonia". Under that another sign reads, "Polish". The Institute of Texas Cultures Building is visible on the left. Festival visitors are sitting and walking through the area. A few Polish flags are scattered throughout the area.
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[Entrance to the Mexican Market]
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Photograph of the entrance sign to the Mexican Market at the Texas Folklife Festival. The market is a small sampler of the Mexican area at 'Night in Old San Antonio', an annual Fiesta San Antonio event sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. The photograph shows crowds of people walking around and mingling in the foreground, all the way into the background. In the middleground, a green banner is hanging over the crowd that reads "Mexican Market" in white letters, outlined in red. Below the banner and to the left, two white patio umbrellas are visible. Spanning across the middleground of the photo are four tall posts which are sustaining strings of fiesta flags and a large mesh shading cover which hangs over the whole area.
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[Frontier Children's Toyland Booth]
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Photograph of the Frontier Children's Toyland booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is displaying pioneer era toys. A sign at the top of the booth reads, "Children's Frontier Toyland, Games, Puppets, Hay Wagon". On the left side of the booth a few women and children are gathered, talking to the booth workers. On the right side, toys are laid out on a table. In the background, a hay wagon and other festival booths are visible.
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["Grandma's Workshop" Booth]
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Photograph of "Grandma's Workshop" in which Emma Oettinger is displaying her rag dolls, afghans, and quilts at the Texas Folklife Festival. Oettinger, from San Antonio, is on the right side of the photograph, explaining how to make rag dolls to two visitors. To the left, a group of people are looking at the variety of quilts, dolls, pillows, and afghans on display. The booth has a sign overhead in the foreground that displays information about the booth, as well as paper cut-outs of rag dolls. In the background against the wall, a sign that reads "Grandma's Workshop" is hanging above the full display of textiles.
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[Holding the Banner for Houston Highlanders Pipe Band]
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Photograph of girls holding the title banner for the Houston Highlanders Pipe Band, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two girls wearing plaid skirts, white shirts, and fitted black vests each stand on one side of the banner holding it between them. The banner is plaid, about five feet long, two feet tall, and displays the words, "Houston Highlanders Pipe Band" in white block lettering. The two girls hold the banner at their waists and are looking behind them at three other costumed girls. In the left foreground a man is dressed in traditional Scottish clothing: a kilt and horsehair sporran. He holds a bagpipe under his arm. Crowds of festival visitors are visible behind the banner.
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[Irene Stephan Kneeling Onstage]
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Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and a sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage, dancing with Japanese fans. One fan is raised above her head while she twirls the other at her waist. She is kneeling down on one knee. To her right on the side of the stage is a large white sign that reads, "Stage 3".
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[Irene Stephan Performing Japanese Classical Dance]
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Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and a sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage at dusk. Her arms are extended out to her sides, revealing the long hanging sleeves of the dress.
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[Irene Stephan Performing Japanese Classical Dance with Fans]
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Photograph of Irene Stephan performing Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and an orange sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage at dusk. One fan is raised over her head while the other is out in front of her chest. A white sign to her right reads, "Stage 3". The photograph is taken from below, looking up at the performer.
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[Irene Stephan Twirling Japanese Fans]
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Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves that ties at the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage, dancing with Japanese fans. One fan is raised above her head while she twirls the other at her waist. To her right on the side of the stage is a large white sign that reads, "Stage 3".
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[Irish Folk Dancers Performing on Stage]
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Photograph of Irish folk dancers from Houston, performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stage is just a platform, raised a couple feet off of the ground. The dancers are dressed in orange, green and white, traditional Irish clothing. The men have fabric draped over their shoulder and are wearing kilts. There are three men and three women, lined up by gender and facing one another. The two lines of dancers appear to weaving through one another. The photo is taken from several feet away from behind the stage. In the foreground a grassy space near the stage contains several red chairs, some stacked and some single. One person on the right is seated in a red chair and holding up a yellow umbrella to block the sun. On the left end of the stage is a sign denoting the stage number. In the background, crowds of festival visitors have gathered to watch the performance.
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[Irish Guard Salutes]
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Photograph of the Houston Irish Pipes and Drums group, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The guards are arranged in a semi-circle facing the audience, dressed in traditional Irish guard costumes of orange kilts, black coats, and dark green hats. The bagpipe players are lined up on the left side of the stage while the drummer is on the right. The band leader stands center stage, heavily ornamented, holding a baton and wearing an orange cape and a tall black bearskin cap. Wearing white gloves, he proudly salutes the audience. The front of the stage terraces down to the ground. Many small children are sitting on the terraces looking intently toward the stage. There is lettering on the bass drum that reads, "Irish Pipes and Drums, Houston".
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[Irish Novelties for Sale]
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Photograph of a stand displaying Irish novelties for sale at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stand is part of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas booth. The booth is decorated with green and white paper fringe, green balloons, and shamrocks. The sign overhead reads, "Novelties". Displayed on the table are small green and white objects, including leprechaun figurines. A boy in a green shirt is in charge of the stand. He is standing behind the display table, waiting for customers.
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[Israeli Folk Dancing]
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Photograph of members of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center performing Israeli folk dances near the Jewish booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are mostly women but one young boy is visible. They are dancing at the edge of a parking lot forming a circle and holding hands. The women are wearing knee-length skirts and white blouses. Lining the edge of the parking lot are booths and tents, one of which is the Jewish booth, denoted with a sign.
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[Jewish Food Booth]
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Photograph of the Jewish food booth, sponsored by the San Antonio Jewish Community Center, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two women stand behind the booth talking to a female festival visitor who is looking at the variety of foods displayed. On the left, handmade price signs are displayed on a post. In the upper right hand corner is a sign that reads, "Jewish." Below the sign, a young girl is also perusing the booth.
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[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes]
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Photograph of six women, representatives of the Gilmer Yamboree, dressed in pioneer dresses at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women are lined up outside their booth, facing the camera. The two women on each end are holding an opened parasol. In the middle of them, a small square hay bale sits on the ground. Above their heads a sign reading, "Yamboree" is visible. In the background are festival visitors and other booth workers.
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[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes Selling Yam Pie]
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Photograph of two women, representatives of the Gilmer Yamboree, selling slices of yam pie at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing in a booth with a sign reading, "Yamboree". The women are dressed in pioneer style dresses and selling pie to two female festival visitors who have come to the booth. A few yams are visible on the booth's counter.
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[Lebanese Food Booth]
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Photograph of the Lebanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken from a distance and shows the food booth, a dance floor or performance area, and the large hill behind the Lebanese area. According to a sign, the food booth is selling shish kabobs. Many strings of pennant flags are decorating the area. Festival visitors are visible in the foreground, sitting on steps in front of the area.
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[Man Advertising Cowboy Kisses]
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Photograph of a cowboy advertising free cowboy kisses in Cattle Drive Corral at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on top of the bar where beer is being served, squatting down and beckoning someone with his hand. Beside him, are two festival workers, a woman serving beer to a festival visitor and another man serving beer. The two of them are paying attention to what the cowboy is doing. The bar is under a tent decorated with pennant flags advertising Lone Star Beer.
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[Man and Children Playing Horns]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, and children playing horns made from various woods at the Texas Folklife Festival. He stands behind the children, playing a three foot long cypress bugle which he is holding up in the air. Four young children are standing in front of him, each playing a horn that stretches several feet out in front of them and rests on the ground. To the right of the children, a woman, Dana Allison, is standing and holding the hand of a toddler. The group is playing on the grass with the Institute of Texan Cultures visible in the background.
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[Man and Young Children Playing Horns]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, and four young children playing horns at the Texas Folklife Festival. He stands behind the children, playing a three foot long cypress horn which he is holding up in the air. Four young children are standing in front of him, each playing horns made of various woods that are so long, the ends are out of the image. The photo is close enough to see that the children are dressed in costumes. Each child is wearing a colorful patterned shirt and a small, black, decorative cap. Allison is also wearing a colorful patterned shirt. To the right of the children, a woman, Dana Allison, is standing and holding the hand of a toddler. The group is playing on the grass with the Institute of Texan Cultures visible in the background.
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[Man Demonstrating Syrup Cooking Furnace]
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Photograph of a man giving a demonstration of his syrup cooking furnace at the Texas Folklife Festival. The furnace is underneath a small wooden pavilion on which a sign is posted that reads, "Syrup Cooker". A crowd of about thirteen or so visitors is gathered at the front of the pavilion, listening to the man talk about his syrup cooker. The cooker itself is made of stone with a furnace and small chimney. Above the furnace is a rectangular trough which holds the syrup.
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[Man Hurling Sheaf]
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Photograph of the sheaf toss sponsored by the Scottish Society of Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man prepares to hurl a burlap bag of hay, or sheaf, using a pitchfork. In the background, people are standing and watching.
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[Man Playing Cedar Horn on Stage]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, playing a twenty-seven foot long cedar horn onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night and everything is dark except for the stage. Allison stands on the left side of the stage playing the horn which reaches across to the other side. The end of the horn rests on the right side of the stage floor. Two microphones are set up at the edge of the stage pointing towards Allison and the horn. A beige curtain and colored ribbons hang at the back of the stage.
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[Man Playing Cedar Knee Horn]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, Texas, playing a twenty-seven foot long cedar knee horn at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken with the bell of the horn in the foreground; it is resting on a stage where a piano and microphone stand are visible in the left background. Dr. Allison stands offstage to play it.
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[Man Playing Cypress Bugle]
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Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, Texas, playing a bugle made from a Caddo Lake cypress tree at the Texas Folklife Festival. The bugle resembles a long, thin cornucopia about three feet long. One of his hands rests near the mouthpiece while the other supports the middle of the trumpet. A rope handle is attached near the bell and at the center of the horn. Dr. Allison has shoulder-length, brown, wavy hair and is wearing a colorful polyester shirt with dark pants and a white belt.
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[Man Serving Green Beer]
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Photograph of a man, a member of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas, serving green beer at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a green top hat and a green shirt with a button that says, "Kiss me I'm Irish". He is standing behind a Lone Star beer tap pulling down the spout handle and filling a cup with green beer. Another cup of green beer is sitting on the counter in front of him.
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[Man Talking About Duck and Geese Hunting]
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Photograph of O. D. LaBove, from Sabine Pass, speaking to a crowd about duck and geese hunting at the Texas Folklife Festival. LaBove is on the left side of the photograph, standing at the bottom of a hill between a cluster of reeds and a brown wooden panel. He has a rifle under his arm. He is facing the crowd who is on the right side of the photograph, on the other side of an artificial stream that contains artificial ducks.
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[Melody Porter in Lye Soap Booth]
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Photograph of Melody Porter standing in the pioneer lye soap booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in pioneer clothing, complete with a red bonnet. At the top of the booth two signs read, "Dorothy Buchanan, Pioneer Lye Soap, Bryan, Texas" and, "Evelyn Johnson, Pioneer Lye Soap, Mesquite, Texas". At the front of the booth a basket of soaps is on display. All kinds of soap making materials are visible on a table inside the booth. Hanging at the back of the booth is a painted scene of the inside of a pioneer house, looking out to see desert scenery.
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[Miss Galveston Building a Sand Castle]
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Photograph of Miss Galveston on "Galveston Beach" at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is sponsored by the Galveston Shrimp Festival. She is wearing a bikini and sitting behind a sandcastle. Another woman is sitting to her left and is also wearing a bikini. Both women are smiling.
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[Miss Galveston on "Galveston Beach"]
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Photograph of Miss Galveston in a mermaid costume posing on "Galveston Beach" at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is sponsored by the Galveston Shrimp Festival. She is laying on a fisherman's net on the sand next to some pails, shovels, driftwood, and a beach umbrella. Behind her the words "Galveston Island" are displayed on fisherman's net draped across some posts. On the fence in the background, a sign reads "Galveston Beach".
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[Miss Galveston on "Galveston Beach"]
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Photograph of the "Galveston Beach" area, sponsored by the Galveston Shrimp Festival, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Miss Galveston, dressed as a mermaid, is sitting beside two boys playing in the sand in the area for sand castle building. She is wearing a green mermaid costume, a sash denoting her title, and a tiara, sitting on a pile of old fish nets. The whole area is covered with sand, and there are shovels and pails around where the two boys are playing. Behind them, a few festival visitors survey the area. A woman with two small children has a big smile on her face. In the foreground, a small fence made of fishing net sections off the area. Attached to it a sign reads, "Shrimp Festival, Sand Castle Building".
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[Open Pit BBQ]
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Photograph of beef cooking on an open pit grill in Cattle Drive Corral at the Texas Folklife Festival. The pit grill is in the foreground. A large metal grill panel is positioned over the pit, resting on two support beams which reach across the width of the pit. About twenty large cuts of beef lay out on the grill panel. Behind the pit grill is a red covered wagon. To the left of the pit grill, a dutch oven is hanging from a cross bar. In the right background, a log fence is visible.
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[Opening Ceremonies Balloon Release]
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People are walking by a coupon booth where a woman is selling coupons at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is positioned next to a large sidewalk and has a large umbrella with a sign on top. Three people have stopped to buy coupons at twenty-five cents each. The Institute of Texan Cultures is visible in the background.
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[A Pair of Tigua Indian Dancers]
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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.
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[People Dancing to Cajun Music]
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Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on a wooden outdoor stage with a sign displaying their band name. To the left of the stage a couple is dancing. Two people on the left in the foreground are watching the band. Large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill behind the band.