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[Man Nailing Roof Shingles on Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of Arnold Griffin nailing shingles on a log cabin at the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine, is the project director. The shingles are all made of wood and are being held in place by small wooden stakes.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Half Finished Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The walls of the log cabin have been built but the roof has not yet been constructed. Festival visitors look in and around the partially finished cabin. In the background, crowds of people are visible. A couple of tents and strings of pennant flags are also visible.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Chinking a Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of Roberta Griffin chinking a log cabin at the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. Griffin is wearing a pioneer dress and a matching bonnet as she applies mortar to the gaps between logs with a trowel. The log cabin has not been fully constructed and the logs only come up to her neck. Her face is turned to the right and she is smiling.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[W.B. Keel Splits a Log]

Description: Photograph of W.B. Keel, from Gilmer, splitting a log at the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. Using an axe, W.B. works at splitting a log that is laying on the ground. His grandson Ronnie Keel stands beside him watching. Both men are standing beside the partially constructed log cabin. In the foreground, two tree stumps are visible, one with a few wooden shingles on it. In the backgr… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Assembling Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. Four men are standing in and around the log cabin in the process of being built. On the left, one man appears to be rolling a log into place. They are all conversing with one another. In the background, the East Texas String Ensemble performs on a flatbed trailer. On the ground in front of them, Bruce Roark stands playing his guitar.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Log Cabin Nearing Completion]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor from Devine. The log house is almost completed except for the shingles being added to cover the roof. Some shingles have been added in the front corner but the roof frame is mostly still uncovered. On the left, one person stands on top of one of the walls, bracing themselves on the frame of the roof. On the right a person stands beside the cab… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pioneer Log House Raising]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The photograph is taken from a distance. A green field is in the foreground and the partially constructed log cabin is in the middle ground, along with a large flatbed trailer with musical instruments on it. The log cabin has been completed up to the top of the walls and has the framing of a roof but no covering. Behind it, crowds of… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pioneer Log Cabin Being Constructed]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The walls and frame of the roof have been completed, but the shingles have yet to be put on. Two men are sitting atop the walls, working on finishing the frame of the roof. In the right foreground, and woman with two children is watching. In the middle foreground, a woman standing with a man takes a picture.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing in Rafters of Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of the pioneer log house raising, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor from Devine. The roof has not yet been finished and is open with only the A-frame having been finished. A boy is hanging from the top of the A-frame while a young girl sits on top of one of the walls. Two more children are visible playing in the house. Many festival visitors are visible in the background.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Sawing a Log]

Description: Photograph of a man sawing a log at the pioneer log house raising, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The log has been laid in place on one wall of the log cabin. With a large manual saw, the man is cutting out a groove in the log to create a corner join in which another log will be laid perpendicular.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Men Working on Log Cabin]

Description: Photograph of two men working at the pioneer log house raising, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The man on the right is standing at the corner of the log cabin where logs come together and stack over each other. He is holding an axe with one hand and a stake in the other which he is positioning over the point where the logs intersect. The other man is on the left, watching.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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