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[James Van Zandt Directed the Bunny Bass Band]

Slide of the Bunny Brass Band performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The members of the band are arranged in a semi-circle around the director, James Van Zandt. All of the members are dressed in rabbit outfits.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Child Sliding]

Slide of a young child on a piece of cardboard and holding on to it while they slide down the side of a grassy hill at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Tossing Pizza Dough]

Slide of Ron Bird tossing pizza dough in the air for the Italian food Booth. The counter in front of him has flour, a rolling pin and balls of dough on a plate. Behind him is a woman putting pizza in an oven. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing on the Buckin' Barrell Ride]

Slide of a young man helping a child on a hollow log that is strung up on four ropes. There are other children around, some pushing or pulling at the ropes. This was taken at the Buckin' Barrel Ride, sponsored by Frank Madla, at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Dancers Performing]

Slide of members of the San Antonio Ameleb Club performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers of Lebanese descent and in Lebanese outfits. In the background, an audience is sitting down to watch.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[People Shelling Corn]

Slide of people in an area of the Texas Folklife Festival that was sponsored by the Hondo 4-H Club. They are shelling ears of corn. There is a log structure in the background and three people in the foreground. There are two women stationed at a piece of machinery. On is leaned over and operating the machine and the other is facing a young boy.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Dancers Peformance]

Slide of Polish dancers from San Antonio, Texas dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. All of the dancers are dressed in Polish folk outfits. Jan Marcinowski and Genny Kosub Kraus can be seen in the foreground on the right.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Sliding Down a Hill]

Slide of a boy sitting on a piece of cardboard or berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sliding the side of a hill. There are people in the background on the right.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Demonstration of Log Splitting]

Slide of a demonstration log splitting techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival. One man is holding a froe, which is partly in a log that is standing vertically on a stump, and another is pushing it further in using a mallet. There are a few people around who are watching.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Competing in Watermelon Spitting Contest]

Slide of a young boy about to spit out a watermelon seed over a green tarp to see how far he can spit it. There are people around the tarp and behind the boy, including a man with a microphone who is announcing the contest. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Girl Competing in Watermelon Spitting Contest]

Slide of a young girl just before she spits out a watermelon seed in a competition sponsored by Lulling Watermelon Thump. There are some other young children behind her and a woman holding a paper plate of watermelon pieces. In the background here is a person holding a microphone, announcing the contest. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Selling Soul Food]

Slide of members of the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church of San Antonio, Texas selling Soul Food in an African-American food booth. There are African-American woman on either side of the booth, giving and receiving food. There man people in the background wandering and socializing. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Writing in Chinese Script]

Slide of a man siting down at a table writing in Chinese on a piece of paper with a calligraphy brush. There are people behind the wall of his booth looking at his work. There is a bowl of ink with an ink stone in it on the table in front of the man. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dancing with Alamo Area Square Dancers]

Slide of the Alamo Area Square Dancers dancing on the veranda of the Institute of Texan Cultures. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gilmer Yamboree Representatives]

Slide of two women who are representing the Gilmer Yamboree at the Texas Folklife Festival. Both of them are holding yam pies. The table in front of them also has a pile of yams, cooking tools and other items.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Hoboes Band Performance]

Slide of the Hoboes Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five members of the band, four men and one woman.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Children Painting]

Slide of children playing at the Children's Toyland and Barnyard section at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a boy in a cowboy hat painting on a piece of paper that is hung up on a large wooden board. There is a young girl who is also drawing on a piece of paper on the same wooden board.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fiddlers at the Czech Booth]

Slide of musicians representing the State Championship Fiddlers Frolics in Hallettsville at a stage by the Czech booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is one fiddler and two guitarists performing.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Clarence Weimers Standing by Syrup Cooker]

Slide of Clarence Weimers, from Yancey, leaning on a syrup cooker at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are people of various backgrounds and ages in close proximity behind and around him as well as a young boy in front of him.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Povery Playboys Performance]

Slide of the Poverty Playboys, from Kerrville, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five members of the band and all are playing various stringed instruments, including the guitar. They are also dressed in a "hobo" fashion.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Reverend John J. Socha Performing in Wendish]

Slide of Reverend John J. Socha performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is singing religious songs in Wendish.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Crouch Family Performance]

Slide of Dow and Becky Crouch performing on stage with their father Hondo Crouch at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are Country Gospel singers. On the right is Dow with the guitar, Hondo in the middle and Becky on the left.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pretzel Vendor Mexican Costume]

Slide of a pretzel vendor in Old San Antonio sampler, sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. He is dressed in a Mexican costume and holding a tall bamboo poll which has many holes drilled into it at an angle so that the pretzel treats on sticks and stick out of the holes. He was wandering the grounds at night during the Texas Folklife Festival to sell the pretzels.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cascerones Painting Booth]

Slide of artist Caroline Shelton (right) painting cascerones (painted eggshells that can be filled with confetti) at the Texas Folklife Festival. In front of Shelton, there is a table covered in egg cartons and there are arches over the table decorated with paper flowers. The booth was sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society.

Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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