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[Bass Box Players for The Hoboes]

Description: Black and white photograph of two men who are participants of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are playing bass boxes, instruments made from hollow, rectangular boxes with broomsticks that insert into the tops of the boxes. On the right is Bootsie Ehlers, sitting on top of his bass box while he plays. A microphone placed inside the opening at the front of his bass box picks up the sound of his playing.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Hoboes Czech Band]

Description: Photograph of the Czech musical group, the Hoboes, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The five members of the band sit and stand onstage wearing jeans decorated with various patches and plaid shirts. Three of the men play the trumpet, one man plays the guitar. The fifth man plays a bass box, which is played by rubbing a broomstick across a wooden box covered with salt.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[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]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bootsie Ehlers Playing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Bootsie Ehlers playing a bass box at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Bootsie is seated on a bench wearing a short-sleeved buttoned shirt and pants, playing the bass box consisting of a wooden box covered in salt. It is played by rubbing a broom stick across the top.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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