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[Arnold Griffin Teaching Log Sawing]

Description: Photograph of Arnold Griffin teaching children how to saw a log at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold holds onto the middle of the saw, guiding it through the wood as two boys hold onto handles on opposite sides. the sawing demonstration takes place in the front yard surrounding a small wooden house.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Artificial Flower Making]

Description: Photograph of artificial flower making at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman sits inside a festival booth, delicately painting the inside of a plastic flower. Several finished flowers are secured in floral foam on the front table of the booth.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Ballet de Casa De Espana Flamenco Dancers]

Description: Photograph of Maria Cristina Alonso, flamenco dancer, from the Ballet de Casa De Espana, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a black and yellow polka-dotted costume with a white rose on the top of her head. A crowd of people and others tents are visible in the background.
Date: [1999-08-05..1999-08-08]
Creator: Howard, Laura

[Ballet de Casa De Espana Flamenco Dancers]

Description: Photograph of flamenco dancers, from the Ballet de Casa De Espana, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are wearing multicolored long dresses and standing in two rows. The front row of dancers stands with their arms raised in the air. The second row of dancers and the blue roof of the tent are visible in the background.
Date: [1999-08-05..1999-08-08]
Creator: Howard, Laura

[Band Playing in Cajun Country]

Description: Photograph of a band performing in "Cajun Country" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band performs on a stage outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. The band members include a violinist, a guitarist, an accordion player, and a steel guitarist.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Barn Raising Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Arnold Griffin demonstrating barn raising at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Arnold leans against the wooden frame of the barn holding a large saw in his hands, wearing a straw cowboy hat, tan shirt, and khaki pants.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Bass Box Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of the Hoboes bass box player Bootsie Ehler playing the musical instrument a festival participant. Bootsie and his guest use brooms to make noise on a wooden board covered with salt. The four other members of the band stand around the bass box players, accompanying them with three trumpets and a guitar.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Bass Box Playing]

Description: Photograph of the Czech musical group, the Hoboes, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a member of the audience is being boosted on the stage by another audience member, in order to play the bass box. The woman is wearing a red shirt tucked into a denim skirt, and brown sandals.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Batik Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Batik lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A long table is set up with cloth, string, and bowls of water for festival participants to learn the art of batik, and Indonesian form of embroidery. A woman wearing a bandanna around her head and an embroidered dress works on a piece of batik with the help of an instructor.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Batik School]

Description: Photograph of Batik lessons at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A long table is set up with cloth, string, and bowls of water for festival participants to learn the art of batik, and Indonesian form of embroidery. Several women sit at the table working on their individual pieces of embroidery.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belgian Bolls Game]

Description: Photograph of festival participants playing Belgian bolls at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man is leaning towards a target wearing a white collared shirt and plaid pants, throwing a ball towards a small box in the corner of a booth.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belgian Mast Climbing]

Description: Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]

Description: Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]

Description: Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and boots, clings to the pole with two hands as his legs dangle free. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belgian Mast Climbing Competition]

Description: Photograph of a Belgian mast climbing competition at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a crowd of festival participants watch a boy climb a tall poll in the center of the crowd. The boy, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and tennis shoes, reaches toward a bell secured to the top of the pole. Colorful streamers decorate the area and the booths around it.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Belly Dance Class]

Description: Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. The men wear cloth headdresses and wave their arms in the air as Zwan leans backward in demonstration.
Date: [1993-08-05..1993-08-08]

[Belly Dance Instruction]

Description: Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. Five men stand farther back on the stage. All participants wave their arms in the air.
Date: [1993-08-05..1993-08-08]

[Belly Dancing Class with Tanya Zwan]

Description: Photograph of Tanya Zwan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Zwan gives belly dance instructions to male festival patrons from the audience. She wears a sequined bikini top and a sheer, flowing skirt which has jewel and sequin detailing at the waist. The men wear cloth headdresses and wave their arms in the air as Zwan leans backward in demonstration. Several men have rolled up their t-shirts to expose their midriffs.
Date: [1993-08-05..1993-08-08]

[Beto Lopez the Cowboy Poet]

Description: Photograph of Beto Lopez, Rachero cook and singer from George West, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding and guitar in front of two microphones on stands. A background with painted trees and a banner with "IBC - International Bank of Commerce" are visible in the background.
Date: [1999-08-05..1999-08-08]
Creator: Howard, Laura

[Bill Corkery Making Adobe]

Description: Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the pit of adobe, breaking weeds over the mixture, wearing a straw hat, a blue checkered shirt, denim jeans, and brown leather boots. Festival participants watch him as he makes the adobe.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
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