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[Cruz Marquez, Sheep Shearer]

Description: Black and white photograph of Cruz Marquez, a sheep shearer, demonstrating how to shear a sheep at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is knelt atop a wooden table with the sheep in front of him. A large crowd surrounds him, watching him work.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez, Sheep Shearer]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez demonstrating sheep shearing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. With the help of another man, he is laying a sheep down on a small stage so that he can shear off its wool. He is wearing a cowboy hat, striped shirt, chaps, and boots. Several spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Tying Sheep's Legs]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez demonstrating sheep shearing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is kneeling down on a platform, tying a sheep's legs together so he can shear it. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, and chaps. Several spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Shearing a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez demonstrating sheep shearing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is straddling a sheep that is laying on a platform, shearing wool off of its head. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, and chaps. Several spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Shearing Leg of a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez demonstrating sheep shearing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is squatting next to a sheep that is laying on a platform, shearing wool off of its leg. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, and chaps. Several spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Sheep Shearing]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez demonstrating sheep shearing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is bending over next to a sheep that is laying on a platform, shearing wool off of its body. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, and chaps. Several spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Sitting Next to Sheep]

Description: Photograph of a young girl sitting next to a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting on hay inside the pen with her arm on the sheep's back. The sheep, which has just been sheared, is laying peacefully in the hay.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Girl with Sheep]

Description: Photograph of young girl petting a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting on the ground in a pile of hay next to the sheep, leaning on it with one of her arms on its back. The sheep has been recently sheared and has a very short wool coat. The girl is wearing a baseball cap, shorts, and a t-shirt.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Tying a Sheep's Legs]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez, sheep shearer from Sanderson, Texas, tying a sheep's legs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding the sheep down on a gray platform as he ties its legs together. He is dark complected, wearing a beige cowboy hat, a red bandanna, chaps, boots, and a blue and white striped shirt. Several spectators are gathered around.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cruz Marquez Shearing a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Cruz Marquez, from Sanderson, Texas, shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding the sheep down on a gray platform, shearing wool off of its belly. He is dark complected, wearing a beige cowboy hat, a red bandanna, and a blue and white striped shirt. Several spectators are gathered around.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sheep Exhibit]

Description: Photograph of people petting a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some people are sitting in lawn chairs on the left while festival visitors are standing on the right. A tan and black sheep is standing between them. To the left of the lawn chairs is a pen containing more sheep.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Shearing Sheep]

Description: Photograph of a man shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, he is straddling the sheep on a square platform, shearing it with an antique shearing machine. In the foreground, some festival visitors are sitting on the grass watching.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman With Lamb in Her Lap]

Description: Photograph of a woman sitting with a beige lamb in her lap at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The lamb is from Swift Sheep Farm in Kingsbury, Texas. The woman, sitting in a lawn chair, is wearing a cap bearing the logo of the farm. She is talking to a man who is squatting on the ground on the right.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Laying His Head on a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of the sheep from Swift Sheep Farm in Kingsbury, Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a shirtless boy wearing jeans is leaning over a sheep, laying his head on its back. On the other side of the sheep, a man in a cap is sitting in a lawn chair. Behind them is a pen containing many sheep.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sheep Shearing Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a sheep shearing demonstration at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men are securing a sheep on a raised stage. A third man is shaving the sheep as part of the demonstration.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sheep Shearing]

Description: Photograph of a sheep shearing demonstration at the 19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man is wrapping his arms around a large sheep on a stage in front of festival participants. Several assistants stand to the right of the stage, speaking to the audience.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Shearing a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Perfecto Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a plaid shirt, overalls, and a baseball cap, leaning over the sheep which is lying down on a wooden platform. In the background, several festival visitors are gathered around to watch.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Perfecto Cervantes Shearing a Sheep]

Description: Photograph of Perfecto Cervantes shearing a sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival. The sheep is lying on the ground while Cervantes and another man hold it still. With his other hand he uses electric shearers to remove the sheep's wool. He is wearing striped overalls and a cowboy hat. Festival visitors are visible in the background, watching.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Visitors Petting Sheep]

Description: Photograph of visitors petting sheep at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two young girls squat next to a man in a white shirt in front a metal cage, reaching their fingers towards the sheep. Other visitors surround the cages as they interact with the animals.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with Aime Frank Real, August 16, 2000

Description: Interview with Aime Frank Real, a rancher and the great-grandson of one of the original Kerr County settlers, from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Real discusses his family history, his family's ranching work, his personal experience with sheep ranching, organized hunting in Kerr County, and local ranchers' attempts to remedy problems with screwworms and eagles. He briefly mentions Kerrville's German Club.
Date: August 16, 2000
Creator: Snodgrass, Clarabelle; Bethel, Ann & Real, Aime Frank
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 18, 1879]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. John wrote his wife while she was away visiting family. He updated her about how their family was doing, a trade he made, and an event that their children attended. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. Osterhout."
Date: August 18, 1879
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from Ann Farman to her Brother, August 4, 1883]

Description: Letter from Ann Farman to her brother with news of her family. Her husband has been recovering from his broken leg and began working around their farm once more. Her daughter has been sick for five years with an unknown ailment. Among other family news, she informed her brother that their sister, Sarah, wanted him to write. She condemned a drunken family member as disgraceful and discussed the possibility of adding family members' names to the family burial ground if the bodies were not able to… more
Date: August 4, 1883
Creator: Farman, Ann
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from Henry Moore to C. B. Moore and Company, August 27, 1893]

Description: Letter from Henry Moore to Charles, Mary and Linnet Moore which he recounts the trip to town he made. He also says that there was a case of domestic disturbance in which the constable was involved. It resulted with the wife taking her life. He writes about the financial crisis and his support for silver. He is an artesian having a well drilled. One of Linnet's lambs died due to a snake bite. Henry sent this letter to Gallatin, Tennessee where the Charles Moore family were visiting relatives.
Date: August 27, 1893
Creator: Moore, Henry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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