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[Man Demonstrating Woodwork]

Description: Color photograph of Hugh Vaughn, a member of the Texas Rockers which is an organization that makes wood furniture. He is demonstrating wood-turning to a group of festival-goers gathered around his workspace at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. A board erected between him and the onlookers holds some of his wood-shaping tools. Pieces of splintered wood cover his arms as he drives a tool into the wood as it rotates in his machine, which is known as a lathe.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hugh Vaughn Carving Wood on a Lathe]

Description: Photograph of chairmaker, Hugh Vaughn, carving wood on a lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A cylinder of wood is spinning on the lathe while Vaughn holds a carving tool to it, making wood chips fly. He has straight hair and a full beard.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Charles Knight Working on Treadle Lathe]

Description: Photograph of Charles Knight carving wood on a treadle lathe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He powers the lathe by pumping the foot pedal, or treadle, which causes the piece of wood to rotate on a fixed axis. He is sitting in front of a wall display of wooden vases and trinkets.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Hugh Vaughn Making a "Texas Rocker"]

Description: Photograph of Hugh Vaughn making a "Texas Rocker" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is carving a piece of wood that is spinning rapidly on a lathe. He is holding the carving tool in one spot on the spinning piece of wood to make an even indention all the way around. His forearms are covered in wood chips.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Demonstrating Treadle Lathe]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Chester Knight, using machinery known as a treadle lathe to carve a piece of wood. Sawdust is gathered on the surface of the lathe. The man is holding a tool in his hands to carve out a shape in the wood suspended on the lathe. He is wearing eyeglasses and a blue-button up shirt; on the pocket is some sort of identification tag. In the background behind him is a crowd of Texas Folklife Festival visitors.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mesquite]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 15, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Three men standing around a lathe]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified men standing around a lathe in a workshop. Two of the men are wearing overalls, and the other is wearing a cap and a jacket. More pieces of machinery are visible in the background, and a truck is also visible behind the men.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Three unidentified men laughing in a shop by a lathe]

Description: Three men are laughing in the shop while standing beside a metal lathe. Two of the men are wearing overalls, and the other is wearing a coat. Two of them are wearing caps as well. In the background, a sheet metal press, a mill, and various other machinery are visible. A 1960 or 1961 Chevrolet pickup truck is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Treadle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved treadle. This design "has for its object to provide an adjustable pad . . . preferably formed of rubber, to the ordinary iron treadle . . . and may be detached therefrom, as desired. . . . whereby wear of the shoes is saved and cold feet will be avoided" (lines 10-24).
Date: December 4, 1883
Creator: Johnson, William Oscar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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