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[Polish National Alliance Dancers Posing]

Description: Slide of two members of the Polish National Alliance Dancers from San Antonio, Texas posing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Genny Kosub Kraus (left) and Victor Barczynski are standing in a dancing pose. They are dressed in folk Polish outfits.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Scottish Society]

Description: Slide of a man performing a Scottish sport called sheaf tossing, as sponsored by the San Antonio Scottish Society, at the Texas Folklife Festival. People are scattered around a man holding a pitchfork that he used to toss a burlap sack stuffed with hay.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Scottish Society Sheaf Tossing]

Description: Slide of a man performing a Scottish sport called sheaf tossing, as sponsored by the San Antonio Scottish Society, at the Texas Folklife Festival. People are scattered around a man holding a pitchfork that he used to toss a burlap sack stuffed with hay. There are two sacks in the air.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Slide of two members, one male on female, of the Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are side by side with one pair of hands joined above their heads and the other pair joined in between then. They are wearing traditional Scandinavian clothing.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Demonstration of Drop Spindle Spinning Techniques]

Description: Slide of Alice Allen holding a spindle. She is demonstrating drop spindle spinning techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are people in the background watching the demonstration. There is a table directly behind Allen that has many different supplies items on it.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Holding Yarn for Drop Spindle Spinning]

Description: Slide of Alice Allen, from Carson County, Texas, holding a bundle of wool yarn used for drop spindle spinning. She is demonstrating drop spindle spinning techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are people in the background watching the demonstration. There is a table directly behind Allen that has many different supplies items on it.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Potter using Spinning Wheel]

Description: Slide of David Cholis (left) helping a young girl throw pots at the Texas Folklife Festival. Cholis is straddling a table with a spinning wheel where an unfinished tall vase stands. The young girl is playing with a bowl of slip, a liquid of made of part clay and part water.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Cascarones]

Description: Slide of Vivian Hamlin (right) making cascarones, which are painted eggshells filled with confetti, at the Texas Folklife Festival. On her worktable, there are egg cartons, painted eggs, paint brushes and finished cascarones. There is also a young girl holding a cascaron in her hand and Hamlin is reaching for the girl's hand.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest]

Description: Slide of a girl competing in the watermelon seed spitting contest. People surround the girl and a plastic tarp on the ground that is the intended landing place for the seeds. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest]

Description: Slide of a girl competing in the watermelon seed spitting contest that was sponsored by Lulling Watermelon Thump. People surround the girl. She is sticking out her folded tongue and making a bubble in her cheeks to launch the seed. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Holding a Plate of Watermelon for a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest]

Description: Slide of a woman holding a plate of cut watermelon for a watermelon seed spitting contest that was sponsored by Lulling Watermelon Thump. There are many people around and behind her for the contest, including a man with a microphone who is announcing for the contest. 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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