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[Norma Garcia, Blacksmith]

Description: Color photograph of a woman identified as Norma Garcia, a blacksmith, who is a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is showing a young boy how to do metalwork with an open fire.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Catherine Wood, Cobbler

Description: Black and white photograph of Catherine Wood, a cobbler and leather worker, constructing a sandal with the sole facing up. She is giving a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A collection of leather purses hang from a rack to the left of her. Essential materials for her work are found on the table before her.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Robert Janusz, Cobbler]

Description: Black and white photograph of Robert Janusz, a cobbler, who is constructing leather sandals at a table covered in leather pieces, soles, and a hammer. He is giving a live demonstration at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Basil Garcia, Blacksmith]

Description: Black and white photograph of a man doing metalwork using a hammerand an anvil. He is identified as Basil Garcia, a blacksmith; he is giving a live demonstration of his skill at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. To his right is an open fire atop a table pit.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, working on a small piece of leather with a few tools at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table. A larger piece of leather is hanging on the chain link fence behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Tightening a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy tightening a railroad spike that has been driven into the wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him to hold the end of the long-handled wrench that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Driving a Railroad Spike]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young boy driving a railroad spike into the track's wooden rails. A man in a cowboy hat helps him with the hammer that he is using. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Stretching Hides]

Description: Color photograph of a man identified as Max "Trapper Max" Deike, seated amongst bales of hay at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is stretching hides using wooden boards and a metal tool. A few hides hang behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gary Dunshee, Saddler]

Description: Color photograph of Gary Dunshee, a saddlemaker, puncturing a small piece of leather with a few tools. He has his own table in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A block holding more tools are visible on the table.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Learning Leather Tooling]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy learning how to tool leather at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is steadying a nail in a thick, triangular piece of leather; his other hand has some sort of cylindrical tool to drive the nail in. A man in a cowboy hat sits next to him, watching him work; he is identified as a saddler named Gary Dunshee. A wooden block that holds more tools is partially visible on the right.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Using a Sugar Cane Mill]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy standing before a sugar cane mill, inserting a sugar cane into the opening at its front. The mill is made of metal and has wooden supports. A sign attached to the wood reads, "Sugar Cane, Courtesy of Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc." Directly behind the mill is a large pile of sugar cane stalks. Behind the pile of stalks is a white horse. A large tree limb visible just behind the top part of the mill spans the width of the photograph. The mill is a special a… more
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Matt Pantalion at Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of Matt Pantalion, from Nacodoches, next to the grist mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is kneeling on the ground next to it with one hand on the funnel where the grain is poured in. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, glasses, a white moustache, a button-up shirt, and jeans.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Bullock Welding]

Description: Photograph of a John Bullock, from Terlingua, making a steel sculpture at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is using a blowtorch on a piece of metal held in a vice. He is shirtless, but wearing protective gloves, an apron, and goggles on his forehead. Hammers and other tools are visible on the work surface in front of him.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Treadle Lathe Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Chester Knight, from Conroe, demonstrating a treadle lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival. The piece of wood to be carved is fixed upon a rotating axle, powered by a foot pedal. Knight is sitting at the lathe, holding a carving tool against the rotating piece to shape it. He has gray hair, dark eyebrows and glasses. He is wearing a blue shirt and brown plaid pants. Some festival visitors have gathered around to watch him work.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of a gristmill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man is kneeling next to the small red machine which grinds grain into flour.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two People Sawing a Log]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman sawing logs for the log kitchen at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are on either side of a log using a two-man crosscut saw. Visible on the right is the partially constructed log kitchen with logs stacked up to about six feet.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blacksmithing Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a brown-haired man giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, as he hammers a hot piece of metal on an anvil. A forge with an open flame is visible in the right middle ground.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Basil Garcia Giving Blacksmithing Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Basil Garcia giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a blue and navy striped shirt, a straw cowboy hat, and jeans, standing next to a forge with a large open flame. An anvil and mallet are visible in the middle ground. Directly behind it, a group of five children and three adults are watching the demonstration.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dan Harrison, Knifesmith]

Description: Color photograph of a man identified as Dan Harrison, a knifesmith, who is a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. At his booth he has an open display case filled with knives, some of which are resting on a pelt of animal fur. Dan is wearing an apron and is engaged in a conversation with a young boy visiting his booth and admiring a knife.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy Shelling Corn with a Machine]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy turning the wheel crank of a metal machine that shells corn, which is on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The machine's spout leads to a large metal bowl that catches the processed kernels. In the background is a fenced in area filled with corn husks. To the left of that area is a sign posted on a tree that reads, "Corn Shucking: 4-H Clubs of Medina."
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Corn Shelling Machine]

Description: Color photograph of a corn shelling machine, on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The machine is made of wood and has a bowl underneath it to catch the processed kernels. A young boy turns the crank on the side of the machine while a teenage boy who is operating the machine takes corn cobs from the next child in line. A woman in sunglasses stands to the left of the machine.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Shelling Corn]

Description: Color photograph of a group of children using a wooden hand-turned machine to shell corn. The machine is on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. As one child pushes a cob of corn down into an opening on the top of the machine, a young boy turns the crank on the side. A large bowl underneath the machine catches the processed kernels. Behind them is a large, partially fenced-in pile of corn husks.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Churning Butter with Marie Fleming]

Description: Color photograph of a teenage girl churning butter in a glass paddle churn while an older woman, identified as Marie Fleming from Nederland, Texas, watches her work. The churn is placed in a bed of ice contained in an aluminum pan. This booth is one of many at the 7th Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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