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[Children Using Tools With John H. Corner]

Description: Slide of John H. Corner (right) showing children how to use tools at the Grandpa's Tool Shed at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are at a work counter covered in wood shavings.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Desert Plants Display]

Description: Slide of Dewey Compton, agricultural reporter for KTRH Radio in Houston, Texas, shows off his display of desert plants. The plants, including cacti, are sitting on a table. There are people looking at the various flora at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Preparation for Rope Making Demonstration]

Description: Slide of a young boy dressed as a cowboy separating horse hair for a rope making demonstration. He is sitting on a small green bench with one foot extended. There is a wooden board under his extended foot with horse hair on it. The boy is also holding a bundle of black horsehair that he is working to separate. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Coppersmith at Work]

Description: Slide of Michael Davenport, a coppersmith from Leander, Texas, working on a copper work. He is leaned over a work table with a work in progress and tool. Davenport is holding a tool in his right hand. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Artist at Work]

Description: Slide of Bruce Marshall, an artist from Austin, Texas, in costume is sitting at a table with three four adults, three of whom are in costume, and a young boy behind him. Marshall is sketching on a large drawing pad. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Demonstrating How to Whittle Wood]

Description: Slide of Joe McMordie (center), from Austin, Texas, is sitting on a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival. He has a tool and piece of wood in his hands. He is showing children around him how to whittle wood. There is a booth behind them that is displaying small figurines.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Performing Onstage]

Description: Slide of Molly Beenen sitting down on a chair and playing a guitar. She is the director of De Nederlands Dochters en hun Moeder. Beenan is dressed in a folk dress and wooden clogs. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Molly Beenen and Daughters Performing]

Description: Slide of Molly Beenan, Dutch Indonesian, sitting down on a chair and playing a guitar. She is the director of De Nederlands Dochters en hun Moeder. There are also four other young women standing onstage and singing who are her daughters. Beenan and her daughters are dressed in a folk dresses, bonnets and wooden clogs. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Knife Maker Selling Blades]

Description: Slide of William Condit (left) is assisting knife maker Jim Barbee from Fort Stockton, Texas. He is selling knives at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man leaned over the table to look at all of the knives on the table, some of which are simply laid out while others are in wooden cases. There are also other people around the table looking at the knives.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Opening Ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. Allen Thibodeaux and his French Ramblers Band playing in front of the entrance to the Institute of Texan Cultures. There are huge bunches of balloons in the background.
Date: September 12, 1974
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Holding a Bunch of Balloons]

Description: Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young girl holding a large bundle of balloons above her head. there is another girl and man in the background.
Date: September 12, 1974
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[French Ramblers Band Performance]

Description: Slide of the opening ceremony the Texas Folklife Festival. W. T. Oliver (right) and Allen Thibodeaux and his French Ramblers Band playing at the Institute of Texan Cultures.
Date: September 12, 1974
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Balloon Release at the Opening Ceremony]

Description: Slide of the opening ceremony the Texas Folklife Festival. The Institute of Texan Cultures guides prepare to release huge bunches of balloons.
Date: September 12, 1974
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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