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[Spinning and Weaving]

Description: Photograph of A woman demonstrating weaving to three young girls at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Other tent roofs and a large wooden structure are visible in the background.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Kathleen Smolik Laury Demonstrating Drop Spinning]

Description: Photograph of Kathleen Smolik Laury demonstrating drop spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a floral pioneer dress with an apron and a bonnet. With her left hand she is holding up the raw fibers to be spun and her right hand is holding a dowel which collects the finished yarn.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Spinning Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a spinning demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman and a girl are sitting in front of a loom, feeding wool into the machine to form yarn. A festival-participant leans over the shoulder of the woman, watching the process.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Spinning Wheel Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Martha Atkins demonstrating wheel spinning at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Martha sits on a bench to the left of a festival participant, showing her how to create thread from sheep's wool.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David Fentress to wife Clara, June 2, 1864]

Description: Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the situation at home (the peach orchard, spinning, and a spinning wheel), how to send letters to him, his experience in the army (his need for more clothing, his health, what food the unit is eating, and statistics of his unit), and war news.
Date: June 2, 1864
Creator: Fentress, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Senior citizen / Fair]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 6, 1980
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Antomine Andersen Christensen and Spinning Wheel]

Description: Copy print of an older woman, identified as Antomine Andersen Christensen, seated in a chair behind a spinning wheel. She wears a long-sleeve dress and glasses. She is outdoors, and in the distance, several trees can be seen. Accompanying information indicates that she was 90 years old at the time the picture was taken. Her daughter, Marie Christensen, married Chris Christensen and moved to Danevang, Texas.
Date: 1900/1950
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Mother & Daughter with Spinning Wheel

Description: Copy negative of Pauline Marie Thomsen Berthelsen and her daughter, Julia Marie Berthelsen sitting outside their home in Palacios, Texas, which is located in Matagorda County. The mother and daughter are spinning wool on a spinning wheel in their yard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Weaver Operating a Loom]

Description: Slide of a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op using a loom to make fabric at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting behind the machine that has many spools with many fibers threaded into the loom.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Crafts Village]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 7, 1986, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Waco Twine Mill Employee Photo]

Description: Group portrait of 52 people posing outside a building, identified by text in the lower-right corner as "Employee Group, Waco Twine Mill." They are posing in three rows, with the group in front seated on the ground, the middle row seated on a bench or chairs, and the back row standing along the wall of the building. The wall behind them is made of brick, with climbing vines, and there are several large, multi-paned windows interspersed along the wall.
Date: May 7, 1940
Creator: Waco Twine Mill
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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