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[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, September 6, 1859]

Description: Transcript of a letter is from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: sending Kate off to school in Nashville,Maud's feelings about her children growing up, receiving Mary Tate's letter from White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, a dialogue about her stolen chickens,a conversation about Sallie starting school with Miss Hunt as her teacher and information about Jimmie and Willie's schooling, news about the weather,news about 'Aunt Mag' and her trip t… more
Date: September 6, 1859
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Black and white photograph of a chicken flying contest, wherein a chicken trapped in a mailbox is prodded out by a man holding a plunger at the open end. Charlie Loving officiated this and the annual Round Rock Frontier Day Chicken Flying Contest. The mailbox is unusually large to accommodate the chicken and even has a graphic of a chicken on its side. A large crowd is gathered around to watch the spectacle, a traditional event, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Holding Up Rooster]

Description: Photograph of a man holding up a rooster at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is about to place it into a mailbox raised high in the air, from which it will fly out of as part of the chicken flying contest. The only thing visible in the background is the partially cloudy sky.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a man holding up a chicken at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is about to place it into a mailbox raised high in the air, from which it will fly out of as part of the chicken flying contest. Another man standing behind him is holding a plunger and a piece of cardboard. The only thing visible in the background is the partially cloudy sky.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a woman holding her entry for the chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman wears black framed glasses with long earrings, a short-sleeved shirt and pants. She holds a chicken in her hands, decorated with rhinestones.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A large crowd of festival participants crowd around a large wooden catapult used for shooting chickens into the air.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Greeting Card from Nancy B. to Sterling Houston - September 4, 1995]

Description: Greeting card from Nancy B. to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. It appears the note was sent after Nancy attended one of Sterling's plays. She writes admirably about what she experienced, his talent, and vision, and hopes that others can experience it as well. The front cover of the card shows a watercolor painting of a rooster.
Date: September 4, 1995
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Several turkeys]

Description: Under gray skies a group of turkeys mills about. During the Holiday season hundreds of people come every week to the Hayes farm in Mansfield to select an animal recalling a practice from their countries of origin
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A man chases after a chicken]

Description: Twenty three year old Juan Alberto Yanez, an employee at the Hayes farm in Mansfield, attempts to catch a chicken for one of the hundreds of clients that come during the Holiday season to select an animal recalling a practice from their countries of origin.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man chases after turkey]

Description: Twenty three year old Juan Alberto Yanez, an employee at the Hayes farm in Mansfield, attempts to catch a turkey for one of the hundreds of clients that come during the Holiday season to select an animal recalling a practice from their countries of origin.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Teens look at geese]

Description: Eighteen year old Angel and thirteen year old Antuanette Carranza from Peru observe some of the animals that are part of the Hayes farm in Mansfield.
Date: December 16, 2005
Creator: Castillo, José L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Looking at Two Chickens]

Description: Photograph of a boy looking at two chickens in the Alamo Poultry Club exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped polo shirt and shorts, the dark-haired boy is standing on the left, looking at a cage on the right containing two chickens. He has a big smile on his face.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Feather-Plucking Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of children watching a goose-plucking demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three young boys lean over a goose in Madeline Witteben's lap. She deftly removes its' feathers for the children to watch.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Goose-Plucking Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of children watching a goose-plucking demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three young boys leave over a goose in Madeline Witteben's lap. She deftly removes its' feathers for the children to watch.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chicken Flying Contest]

Description: Photograph of a chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man releases the opening of a mailbox mounted on a tall wooden stake. A chicken flies out of the mailbox as Festival participants watch from below.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Boy at the Alamo Poultry Club Exhibit]

Description: Color photograph of a young boy at the Alamo Poultry Club exhibit at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Behind him stands another boy. He is peering into the cage of a couple of chickens. A white egg sits in the cage before the two chickens. The back of a purple ribbon has been tacked to the cage.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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