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[Jim Braud Holding one of his Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, holding one of his thoroughbred racing crawfish at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and a red beret and smiling at the camera.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Holding Winning Crawfish]

Photograph of Jim Braud, Texas crawfish racing commissioner, holding up the winning crawfish of the crawfish races at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a red shirt and a red beret. Spectators are visible in the background.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Watching Crawfish Race]

Photograph of Jim Braud, the Texas crawfish racing commissioner from Port Neches, watching the crawfish race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a red shirt and a red beret, he is watching the race from the right. The crawfish are racing on a square white surface with red and blue concentric circles. A crowd is gathered around to watch from behind barriers.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, Ameleb Club Dancer]

Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, Institute of Texan Cultures staff member and Ameleb Club dancer, at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a silver and black belly dancing costume, smoking a cigarette and standing next to a microphone stand. Her right hand holds the cigarette and her left is grasping the microphone stand while she looks over to the left. She is wearing a red and yellow scarf in her hair. A large Lebanese flag takes up the entire background.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Johanna Olander Wimberly Making Hush Puppies]

Photograph of Johanna Olander Wimberly, from Austin, demonstrating how to make hush puppies with cornmeal from her husband's grist mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in pioneer clothes, with a white bonnet and apron. She is standing behind a table with a large mixing bowl. She is rolling the mixture into balls and butting them into a wire straining basket. Behind her a boy is sitting in a chair inside the booth.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Russell "Hondo" Crouch]

Photograph of festival storyteller, John Russell "Hondo" Crouch, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Crouch is the mayor and co-owner of Luckenbach, Texas. He is smiling and wearing a light-colored cowboy hat, a light-colored jacket, jeans, and a red bandana around his neck. He has white hair, and a short, white beard. In the background, a young woman is visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Knife Making]

Photograph of Don Hastings from Palestine demonstrating knife making with a blacksmith's forge at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding an object in the forge while his other hand turns a crank. A hammer and anvil are visible on the ground behind him. Several people, adults and children, are gathered around to watch him.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes]

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.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes Selling Yam Pie]

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.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lanie Karam Dancing with the Ameleb Club Dancers]

Photograph of Lanie Karam, dancing with the Ameleb Club dancers, at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a yellow belly dancing costume, consisting of a crop top and long-flowing sheer skirt. She is leaning over to the right with her left arm extended to her side. The photograph is taken from behind her, looking out into the audience. Another dancer in blue is visible near the front of the stage. Several festival visitors are visible in front of the stage.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lead Guard and Bagpipe Players of Houston Irish Pipes and Drums]

Photograph of the Houston Irish Pipes and Drums group, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The lead guard is in the right foreground standing tall, heavily ornamented, holding a baton and wearing an orange cape, orange kilt, red coat and a tall black bearskin cap. The other guards are dressed in traditional Irish guard costumes of orange kilts, black coats and dark green hats. Two bagpipe players are visible behind the lead guard. Behind the stage in the background, people are… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lead guard of Houston Irish Pipes and Drums Stands Alone]

Photograph of the lead guard of the Houston Irish Pipes and Drums, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is heavily ornamented, holding a baton out to his right and wearing an orange plaid cape, orange plaid kilt, red coat, black decorated sash and a tall black bearskin cap. He is standing outside in front of a stone wall; his face contains a serious expression.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese-American Dancers Performing]

Photograph of Lebanese-American Dancers from the Ameleb Club in San Antonio, performing at night at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground, Patricia Mery is dancing in a red, yellow, pink, and purple belly dancing outfit, comprised of a sleeveless crop top and a long, flowing skirt. Behind her to the right is her cousin Debbie Mery who is wearing a blue belly dancing outfit. Two more female dancers are visible behind them, one in yellow and one in blue. The dancers have their hands out … more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Food Booth]

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.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Cabin Nearing Completion]

Photograph of the pioneer log house raising, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor from Devine. The log house is almost completed except for the shingles being added to cover the roof. Some shingles have been added in the front corner but the roof frame is mostly still uncovered. On the left, one person stands on top of one of the walls, bracing themselves on the frame of the roof. On the right a person stands beside the cab… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Longhorn Cattle in Corral]

Photograph of longhorn cattle in a corral sponsored by the Texas Longhorn Breeder's Association of America, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three longhorns are visible in the corral. The first, in the foreground, is black with white spots and has horns that curve backward. Behind him is a brown and gray longhorn, and a brown and white one in the very back. The corral is sectioned off on the right by an old ranch fence with stacked wooden logs, and on the left, with a tall chain-link fence.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Advertising Cowboy Kisses]

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.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man and Children Playing Horns]

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. Th… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man and Woman Holding Balloons]

Photograph of a male tour guide and female tour guide about to release balloons at the opening ceremony of the first Texas Folklife Festival. The man is in the foreground clutching several strings of balloons and the woman is slightly behind him. Both are surrounded by colorful balloons as they smile at the camera.

Date: September 7, 1972

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man and Young Children Playing Horns]

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 s… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Belgian Bowling]

Photograph of a man participating in Belgian bowling at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is crouched down in bowling stance and has just released a round, flat object down a marked path. Four men are watching him, two sitting behind and two standing to the right. .

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Cooking Possum]

Photograph of Gilmer Yamboree representative Dr. Dick Potter, director of possumology research and taste deflector, showing a possum cooking in a pot at the Texas Folklife Festival. He has removed the lid and is holding it in his left hand. With his other hand, he is holding a utensil with which he is stirring the contents of the pot. Four festival visitors are gathered closely around the large silver pot, leaning in and looking down into it.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Cooking Syrup]

Photograph of a man cooking syrup at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing next to a large, open, stone trough which holds a large amount of hot syrup. Below the trough is a wood-burning furnace. The man is holding a large utensil approximately three feet long. The end of it is perforated and flat with the side edges folded up. Behind the man cooking, another man is leaning against the stone chimney.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Demonstrating Syrup Cooking Furnace]

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.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections