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[High Society Jazz Band]

Description: Black and white photograph of a group of musicians performing together as The High Society Jazz Band at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man playing stand-up bass, a trumpet player, a banjo player, a trombone player, a clarinet player, and a child holding a recorder in his hands. A saxophone sits in a stand next to the clarinet player.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride]

Description: Color photograph of a horse-drawn wagon at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A man identified as M.W. Massey drives the two horses; a large group of children are his passengers.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jack Pirtle, Whittling Instructor]

Description: Color photograph of Jack Pirtle, a whittling instructor from Cherokee County and a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is seated in a wooden rocking chair and is holding a piece of wood with curls of whittled wood on the end.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Jam Session Between Musicians]

Description: Color photograph of a group of four men having a jam session, according to accompanying information, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. From left to right is John Henry "Bones" Nobles, Ed Kadlecek, Jr., and two unidentified members of the band, The Hoboes. A microphone stands near the center of the four men. The man on the far right is playing the accordion.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Japanese Woman with a Plate of Food]

Description: Color photograph of a Japanese woman, wearing a kimono, seated at the Japanese food booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding chopsticks in her hand. On her lap is a plate of food; there is rice, kebabs, and an egg roll.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Bowman, Precision Shooter]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Joe Bowman, holding up a pair of steel revolvers in his hands. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, and a fringed vest. He is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe Pyle Demonstrating Glass Work]

Description: Color photograph of a man, identified as Joe Pyle, using a blowtorch to craft glass at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding an thin, unidentified object in one hand while the other hand holds his blowtorch. He has a beard and is wearing eyeglasses. He is wearing a striped rugby shirt and denim overalls. A man in sunglasses stands and watches him outside the covered booth.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John B. Connally and Wife Nellie Connally Cutting a Ceremonial Ribbon]

Description: Color photograph of a man identified as John B. Connally, former Texas governor, cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. His wife Nellie is standing to his left while the festival's director Claudia Ball stands to his right. A few on-lookers are visible in the distance.
Date: August 3, 1978
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Juan Martinez, Roof Thatcher]

Description: Black and white photograph of a man named Juan Martinez, a roof thatcher, bundling thatching materials at his booth. His booth is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Juan Martinez, Roof Thatcher]

Description: Color photograph of two men conversing over bundles of straw in a booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man on the left is Juan Martinez, a roof thatcher. According to accompanying information, the man on the right is Mr. Jingles, a daily visitor who collected beer tabs at the festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Junelle Gambs Teaching Elocution in the One-Room School]

Description: Black and white photograph of Junelle Gambs, who is a member of the Speech Arts Association of San Antonio, teaching elocution in the one-room school on the grounds of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in a high-collared costume shirt and skirt to play the part. Behind her is a chalkboard with a few notes written in chalk on it.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Kids Arm Wrestling Each Other]

Description: Black and white photograph of children gathered around a small table to challenge each other in arm wrestling at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A pair of them are competing while the rest watch them; the boy on the right is winning.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Kite-making School]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy standing at the kite-making booth at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a pair of long yellow sticks in his hand. A woman's reaches her arm out over the little boy's workspace. On one of her fingers, she is wearing a ring.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Larry Dawson, Sculptor]

Description: Black and white photograph of Larry Dawson, a sculptor participating in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is demonstrating the sculpting process and posing for a picture with one of his unfinished creations. He has a pipe in his mouth.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Learning Leather Tooling]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy learning how to tool leather at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is steadying a nail in a thick, triangular piece of leather; his other hand has some sort of cylindrical tool to drive the nail in. A man in a cowboy hat sits next to him, watching him work; he is identified as a saddler named Gary Dunshee. A wooden block that holds more tools is partially visible on the right.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Cabin Construction]

Description: Color photograph of two women constructing a log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman on the left strips bark off a narrow wood log, the woman on the right holds it in place for her. Several more wood logs are scattered on the ground nearby.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Cabin Construction]

Description: Color photograph of a woman participating in the live demonstration of the construction of a log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is stripping the bark off a long piece of raw wood that lays perpendicular to other pieces of wood on the ground.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Cabin Construction]

Description: Color photograph of two young boys seated at the corner of an unfinished log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. While the boy on the left watches, the boy on the right is stripping the bark off the topmost log using a carving tool.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Louise Hunter Presenting a Piece of Treenware]

Description: Black and white photograph of Louise Hunter, mother of Nancy Lou Webster, presenting a piece of treenware, a term used by pioneers to describe a small, handcrafted wooden item. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a pioneer-style dress.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Maggie Montgomery Performing in A Luckenbach Afternoon]

Description: Color photograph of a woman, Maggie Montgomery, performing in a band called "A Luckenbach Afternoon" at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is singing into a microphone and playing guitar, although only the guitar's strap is visible. Her name has been embroidered into her strap.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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