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[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]

[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]

[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]

[Bill Corkery Telling Story Onstage]

Description: Photograph of Bill Corkery telling a story on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is sitting on a hay bale, wearing a cowboy hat and speaking into a microphone. In the left foreground, two young audience members are sitting on the edge of the stage. The backdrop of the stage is painted to look like a wooden house front.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]

[Bill Lindig Splitting Shingles]

Description: Photograph of Bill Lindig splitting shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill straddles a sawhorse as he cuts shingles from a block of wood. Festival participants are visible in the background, interacting with festival booths and watching festival demonstrations.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Bill Morris]

Description: Photograph of Bill Morris performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bill Morris is seated as he plays a guitar. He wears a vertically striped shirt, straw cowboy hat, name tag, and jeans.
Date: [1993-08-05..1993-08-08]

[Bill Sallee Telling a Story]

Description: Photograph of Bill Sallee telling a story onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two young girls with pigtails are sitting on the edge of the stage in front of him; the one on the left is holding a small wooden box. Sallee is sitting in a rocking chair, holding a microphone in one hand and a cowbell in the other. He has curly, bushy hair and is wearing glasses.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
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