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[Linda Dietert Demonstrating Candle Dipping]

Description: Photograph of Linda Dietert, from New Braunfels, demonstrating candle dipping at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding a wooden dowel with a wick tied to the end of it. The wick is being dipped into a tall canister, presumably filled with wax. She is wearing a peasant blouse and lederhosen. She has straight short hair and big sunglasses.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Demonstrating How to Make Cascarones]

Description: Photograph of a woman demonstrating how to make cascarones at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in a booth decorated with red, green and white garland, and several different piñatas. Rows of colorful cascarones (confetti-filled eggs) with tiny cone-shaped party hats are lined up on the table in front of the woman. Two signs, one for cascarones and one for piñatas, are hanging across the top of the booth.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Making Pasta Necklace]

Description: Photograph of a young girl making a necklace out of raw pasta in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting on the table holding up a string of colorful rigatoni noodles. She is wearing a completed noodle necklace, a white tank top with red, blue, and yellow trim and matching shorts. Behind her, other children are seated at the table making necklaces; a few woman are standing around them.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Caning a Chair]

Description: Photograph of James Ander caning a chair at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing blue coveralls and placing the woven material on the seat of the wooden chair. Some festival visitors are watching in the background.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Joel Nelson from Big Bend Saddlery in Alpine]

Description: Photograph of Joel Nelson from Big Bend Saddlery in Alpine at the Texas Folklife Festival. Wearing a yellow western shirt and a black ten gallon hat, he is carving out a pattern on a piece of leather. An assortment of tools are visible on the table next to him.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[James Ander Installing Chair Seat]

Description: Photograph of James Ander installing a chair seat at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on the right, weaving a rope around the four wooden posts of the seat as a few festival visitors watch on the left. He has white hair and is wearing a dark blue shirt and black-rimmed glasses.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cindy Hickok with Doll]

Description: Photograph of Cindy Hickok, a doll maker from Houston, at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is posing next to a life size doll she made that looks like an old woman. Hickok has short brown hair and is wearing glasses and overalls. The doll's hair is made of yarn and is gathered into a bun. Its dress has a collar of white lace, with a lace flower at the front.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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