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[Ice Bath at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a woman icing her feet 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a woman is raising the skirts of her dress to reveal her calves as she stands in a small metal bowl filled with water and ice. Her sandals were placed in the grass in front of the bowl. A chest freezer and several opened boxes are visible behind the woman.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Using Drawknife in Grandpa's Tool Shed]

Description: Photograph of a child learning how to use a drawknife at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. The girl sits at a wooden bench, holding the drawknife in one hand and the wheel of the rotary turner in the other. A man bends over her, guiding her hand over the turner. A drawknife was a tool used to shape wood by removing shavings before power sanders and power rotary tools were available.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joe McMordie at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Joe McMordie at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. In the photograph, Joe sits in a black wooden chair, whittling on a piece of wood while a young girl watches him. Joe wears a pink shirt, brown pants, a blue bandanna and a brown hat with rope or twine around the brim. The girl wears a red checkered tank top and red shorts with barrettes in her hair. Joe is an instructor at the Festival Whittlin' School, originally from Austin, Te… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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