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[Woman Displaying Polish Costumes and Needlework]

Photograph of a woman displaying Polish costumes and needlework at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is sponsored by the Polish American Center in San Antonio. The woman is wearing traditional clothing: a white peasant blouse with embroidered sleeves and trimmed with lace, a fitted black vest with embroidery and trim, and a floral headband. Out on display are pillows, aprons, and an assortment of decorative needlework.

Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sirkku Rodriguez Doing a Pirta Ribbon Demonstration]

Photograph of Sirkku Rodriguez doing a pirta ribbon demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair, pulling yarn through a wooden contraption made of vertical dowels that separate the yarn out in several different strands. She is weaving the strands to make a ribbon. A few finished ribbons are hanging on the left side of the booth where one festival visitor is partially visible.

Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Decorative Center]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the formal opening of the Decorative Center in the Oak Lawn section of Dallas.

Date: September 4, 1955

Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Decorative Center]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the formal opening of the Decorative Center in the Oak Lawn section of Dallas.