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[Drop Spinning at the 4th Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Alice Allen from Fritch, Texas, demonstrating drop spinning at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Alice is sitting on a table in front of fair participants, holding fibers in one hand and creating thread with the other. She wears a checkered dress and a large bow in her hair. Yarn spools are visible to the right of Alice.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Weaving Demonstration at the 4th Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a woman demonstrating the process of creating yarn at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, the woman is smoothing the yarn with one hand and holding the wheel steady with the other. Many children and adults watch as she spins. The booth is covered in a canopy of made of streamers.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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