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[Representation of a 19th Century House]

Description: Photograph of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas exhibit booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The booth features a small structure, representing a 19th century house in the Irish Flat neighborhood of San Antonio. The windows of this small house are open and festival participants are looking through the windows to see inside the structure. Other festival participants are visible all around.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Couple Dancing to Music]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud and his partner dancing in the Cajun Country section at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The couple is dancing on the designated dance floor; they are both wearing similar white vests and dark slacks. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Band Performing Music]

Description: Photograph of the Opa Band of the New Braunfels Wurst Association performing music at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Accordionist, Ed Kadlecek, is standing and playing the accordion in front of a microphone. The other band members are playing a variety of instruments, including the trumpet, trombone, sousaphone, accordion, and drums.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[High School Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the New Braunfels High School German Polka Band, directed by Joe Rogers, performing music at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The band is performing on the back of a flatbed trailer. The band members are playing a variety of instruments, including the saxophone, clarinet, and drums. The have music stands and microphones in front of them; festival participants are visible all around.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are partnered off and are clasping hands. The men are wearing lederhosen and the women are wearing red and yellow skirts. They are performing on a parking lot as festival participants watch.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Berm Sliding]

Description: Photograph of festival participants sliding down a berm at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Mostly children, the young participants are sliding down the hillside on scraps of cardboard; many are falling off the cardboard. Several adults are standing at the bottom of the berm.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Festival Participants Walking Through the Mud]

Description: Photograph of festival participants following a rain shower from Hurricane Delia at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The people are holding on to each other as they walk, through the puddles and mud, back to their booth in Cattle Drive Corral. Tom Perini is pictured in the center. The gentlemen are wearing denim shirts and leather chaps, while the women are wearing colorful shirts and slacks.
Date: September 7, 1973
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native Americans Pounding Corn]

Description: Photograph of Darby Battise, member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas, pounding corn in a corn mill at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Situated in the Indian Village, the young tribe member is pounding the corn using a tree branch in a corn mill made from a tree trunk with a hollowed out opening. Another young participant is watching this process. They are standing in front of a tall fence and other festival participants are visible sitting in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native American Demonstrating Blowgun]

Description: Photograph of Rocky Stallings, a Native American and employee of the Institute of Texan Cultures, demonstrating the use of a blowgun at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Dressed in traditional garments, he is wearing brown leather pants, a yellow vest, a blue breechcloth, and a large feather attached to a headband. Situated in the Indian Village, he is standing in front of a tall fence and is blowing directly into the blowgun that he is holding parallel to the ground. The blowgun appe… more
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Oustide of a Representation of a 19th Century House]

Description: Photograph of Bill Hunter, Dr. Sean Burke, and state leaders of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The men are in front of a structure representing a 19th century house in the Irish Flat neighborhood of San Antonio. Festival booths and other participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A View Inside the Irish Flat]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Sean Burke, Eleanor Patrick, and an unidentified girl holding a poster reading, "Ireland's Treasures" at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing inside the structure representing a traditional 19th century Irish Flat; the inside of the flat features exhibit items loaned by members of the Harp and Shamrock Society.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Braising Meat]

Description: Photograph of men braising meat in a Spanish food booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The men are cooking over a large grill; meat is spread out over the grill. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fiddler Performing Music]

Description: Photograph of Zaragoza Guajardo, second fiddle for the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is playing the fiddle as he is turned toward the rest of the band. Other musicians are playing instruments behind him.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Festival Participants Falling in the Mud]

Description: Photograph of festival participants following a rain shower from Hurricane Delia on opening day of the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several people, including chuck wagon cooks, Tom Perini (left) and Robert Williams, are falling into the puddles and mud, causing water to splash up. Festival booths are visible around them.
Date: September 7, 1973
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participants Playing Swedish Bucking Barrel Game]

Description: Photograph of participants partaking in the Swedish bucking barrel game at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. A young boy is trying to stay on top of a barrel suspended by ropes while other participants are tugging at the ropes in order to "buck" the boy off. They are playing this game in a booth that has a lightweight covering that forms the ceiling. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participants Playing Horseshoes]

Description: Photograph of Ron Hatton, state horseshoe pitching champion, in the act of pitching a horseshoe at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. His right arm is raised and he is stepping forward following a pitch; he is holding another horseshoe in his left hand. He is wearing gray slacks, a blue long sleeve shirt, and thick rimmed eyeglasses. Another participant is standing to the side. A tall fence appears behind them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native Americans Playing Drum]

Description: Photograph of Tigua Indians playing a drum at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. One of the tribe members is holding the large blue and yellow drum while another tribe member is hitting it with drumsticks; the latter appears to be speaking or chanting. The men are wearing slacks and tops accented with traditional Indian decoration. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native Americans in Traditional Garments]

Description: Photograph of Native Americans standing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Dressed in traditional garments, the woman is wearing a black dress with colorful sleeves and a colorful shawl drawn over her shoulders. A tight beaded necklace is around her neck and she is holding a large black and white feather. The man is wearing a black long sleeve shirt and what appears to be a white skirt or apron; a long stone necklace is around his neck. Both participants have thick red belts around t… more
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Indian Beside Beehive Oven]

Description: Photograph of a Tigua Indian preparing skillet bread at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is using a long stick to stir or prod the bread in the skillet; a small flame is visible beneath the skillet. This is set up to the side of the beehive oven (horno) that is used to bake bread. A large fire is contained inside the beehive oven.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Dancers Performing a Dance]

Description: Photograph of members of the Ameleb Club of San Antonio Lebanese Dancers performing on a stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The two dancers are wearing what appear to be traditional Lebanese garments. The female is wearing a cropped top with a long, light green skirt and the male is wearing a long white dress with a floor length colorful vest; a headdress secured by a band covers his head. A large group of festival participants sit in stadium-style seating behind them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participants Playing Bagpipes]

Description: Photograph of members of the Alamo City Highlanders Pipe Band at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man in the foreground is blowing into a bagpipe; the bag portion of the instrument is covered in red plaid fabric. He is wearing a tan shirt and a black hat with feathers on one side. Other members of the band are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Beekeeping Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of Albert Youngblood, beekeeper from Pearsall, in the South Texas Honey Growers Exhibit at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a wire mesh frame and is scraping off what appears to be beeswax caps over a large metal drum.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participants at Metal Craft Booth]

Description: Photograph of V.H. "Blackie" Chapple standing behind a booth featuring metal crafts at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. On the other side of the booth is a young man with several small children looking at the metal crafts, which include several figurines and a covered wagon. The man has an infant sitting in a carrier on his back.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Musicians Performing on Stage]

Description: Photograph of fiddler, Garland Gainer, playing with guitarists, Keith Worrell (center) and Vernon Worrell, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musicians are performing on a flatbed trailer and are standing in front of two microphones. Festival booths and participants are seen in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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