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[Man Spitting Watermelon Seeds in a Contest]

Slide of people spectating a man participating in the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest as sponsored by Lulling Watermelon Thump at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is standing on the grass behind a plastic tarp on the ground and spitting watermelon seeds over it.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Walker-Ford Singers Performing]

Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers of San Antonio, Texas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a female soloist standing at a microphone in the foreground in front of the rest of the choir (women in the front and men in the back). The director is Oscar Ford who is not in the image.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Throwing a Caber]

Slide of a man performing Scottish caber throwing, which is a Scottish athletic event that is achieved through accuracy and precision, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is in the center of the image dressed in a kilt. His knees are slightly bent and his hands are cradling a tall, wooden pole, known as a caber, that has about the same diameter as his head and about twice or so his height. Numerous people are gathered behind him, watching him lift the caber.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Participating in the Scottish Sport of Caber Throwing]

Slide of a man performing Scottish caber throwing, which is a Scottish athletic event that is achieved through accuracy and precision, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is in the center of the image dressed in a kilt. He has just thrown a tall, wooden pole, known as a caber, that has about the same diameter as his head and about twice or so his height. One end of the caber has touched the ground while the rest is still in the air. Numerous spectators gathered to watch the sport.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dancing with Lebanese Folk Dancers]

Slide of A.A. Leonov dancing with female Lebanese dancers on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are many spectators in the background. The Lebanese dancers are dressed in sparkling traditional garbs. There are also other men dancing with the Lebanese dancers.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native American Game of Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. The men are gather to fight over the ball with their sticks. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native American Game of Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. The men gather around the ball and use their sticks to reach for it. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native American Game of Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end and is about the same height as a man's knee. Some men are fighting over the ball with their sticks while a others hang back from the crowd. Some men aren't wearing any shoes and some are wearing cloths tied around their heads.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua and Alabama Coushatta Tribes Playing Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. A number of men have huddled over the ball and are using their sticks to reach and take the ball. In the background, there are many spectators taking pictures and observing the tradition.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Native American Men Playing Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. The men have their sticks in the air and some are jumping. In the background, there are many spectators taking pictures and observing the tradition.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Playing the Native American Game of Stickball]

Slide of the Alabama Coushatta tribe and the Tigua tribe playing against one another in a game of stickball at the Texas Folklife Festival. The men from both tribes are equipped with a stick that has a stiff loop at one end. The men are extending out their sticks to reach for the ball or blocking attempts to get the ball with their legs.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Woodrome Family Singers and Gospel Band Performance]

Slide of the Woodrome Family Singers and Gospel Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four people each singing into their own microphone while pianist and other instrumentalists sit in the background playing the music.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Shamrock Steppers Performance]

Slide of the Shamrock Steppers dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three dancers, two girls and one boy all of adolescent age, with their hands joined together. The girls are wearing dresses with shamrocks on them and the boy is wearing a short sleeve, white button down shirt and dark trousers.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Austin Polish Folk Dancers Performance]

Slide of the Austin Polish Folk Dancers performing on the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five male-female dance partners all in a circle and the women are about an arm's length in front of the men. Each man has their hands on their female partner's shoulders and peer over her right shoulder. In reply, the women turn slightly and look and their male partner over the same shoulder. All the dancers are dressed in Polish folk clothes.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Scottish and Irish Bagpipe Performance]

Slide of Irish and Scottish bagpipers perform onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The bagpipers are in a grid-like formation, each with a bagpipe under their left arm. Some of the bagpipers are dressed in studded hates and plaid kilts, but they all wear socks just shy of their knees and dark shoes.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Teetering on See-saws]

Slide of children playing with a few see-saws in the Toyland and Barnyard section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four children playing, one on each end of two different see-saws. The see-saws are made of wood logs.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John H. Corner Instructing How to Use Tools]

Slide of tool use instructions given by John H. Corner in the Grandpa's Tool Shed section of the Texas Folklife Festival. Behind a wooden counter cluttered with wood shavings, planks of wood and tools, Corner holds a tool in his hand and demonstrates how it is used to two people on the other side of the counter. In the background, there are other tents displaying their own attractions.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Member of Austin Weavers Co-op Using a Spinning Wheel]

Slide of a spinning wheel being used by a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival. The woman sitting in a chair and interacting with a spinning wheel that has woven fibers threaded through its system.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A Member of Austin Weavers Co-op Instructing How to Use a Hand Card]

Slide of a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op at the Texas Folklife Festival using a hand card to brush debris out of fibers (such as goat fleece) in preparation of spinning yarn. In the background, another woman is spinning yarn on a spinning wheel.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jack F. "Spot" Baird Operating a Booth]

Slide of Jack F. "Spot" Baird lecturing to a crowd of people outside of Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long, spiky object as he addresses people of various ages and backgrounds.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Greek Food Booth Sponsored by a Greek Orthodox Church]

Slide of people operating a Greek food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by the Greek Funstival by the St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church in San Antonio. There are seven people behind the counter and operating the booth. The booth serves Greek dishes such as homemade bread and baklava.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chinese Eggrolls Being Prepared to be Served]

Slide of two women placing cooked eggrolls into paper slips to they can be served for customers at their booth. The two women are sitting down at the table that is filled with trays, one containing eggrolls and two with paper slips for eggrolls to be served in. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dinah Crowley Creating Stained Glass]

Slide of Dinah Crowley of San Antonio making stained glass at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is hunched over a table that is covered in tools and gadgets used for making stained glass. Behind her is a table with lamps that have stained glass lamp shades and directly behind her is a tall panel of stained glass.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Peanut Grinder Demonstration]

Slide of Grady Higdon, from Pearsall, Texas, pours peanuts into a peanut grinder as he churns the handle. The grinder deposits ground peanuts into a metal tray underneath it. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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