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[Emily Fowler Library, desk and carved wood wall]

Description: Photograph taken beside the circulation desk at Emily Fowler Library, facing the south wall, which features a permanent installation of rows of carved basswood by Lynn Ford, and overhead, hang ceramic lamps made by Beaumont Mood. A photographic display entitled, Only by Rail, can be seen in the hall.
Date: 1975
Partner: Denton Public Library

[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

[A row of wood panels with carvings]

Description: Photograph of row of wood panels with carvings. Along the tops of the wood panels are carvings depicting animals such as a butterfly and a duck on the nearest two panels. Potted plants sit at the closest end of the panels and on top of them while a brick wall sits at the far end of the panels.
Date: [1975..1980]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[An open closet between wood panels]

Description: Photograph of an open closet between wood panels. A thin door sits ajar, revealing multiple coats hanging within the closet. At the tops of the wood panels on either side of the closet are carvings, with the one on the right of the closet door depicting a butterfly. Potted plants sit at the closest end of the wood panels and on top of them while a brick wall sits at the far end of the panels.
Date: [1975..1980]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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