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[Female Vocalist and Drummer Performing with Expresiones Argentinas]

Description: Photograph of a female vocalist and a drummer performing with Expresiones Argentinas at the Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is on the left, wearing a long orange skirt, a long-sleeved white blouse, and a scarf around her head and neck, topped with a gray bowler hat. She is leaning toward a microphone. On the right, a man wearing Argentine clothing is playing a large drum that is strapped over his shoulder.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Tortillas]

Description: Photograph of a woman making tortillas in the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing sunglasses, a hot pink dress with puffy sleeves and a dark blue apron with thin, horizontal, multi-colored stripes. She is standing in front of a large flat-top grill, flipping tortillas with a spatula. A large tank of propane is on the other side of the grill. In the background, other women at the booth are visible.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Guitarist Performing with Expresiones Argentinas]

Description: Photograph of a guitarist performing with Expresiones Argentinas at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a colorful knit hat, a green pancho, and khaki pants with colorful stripes down the sides. He is standing behind two microphones, one for his guitar and one for vocals. He is smiling and looking down at his guitar. In the right background, two other performers are visible.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Las Posadas Procession]

Description: Photograph of a posada at the Texas Folklife Festival. A posada is a ceremonial procession representing the search of Mary and Joseph for lodging just before the birth of Christ. A crowd of people are walking together down a pathway led by a police officer. Some of the people are dressed in white robes and wearing rosaries. Others are dressed in biblical-era clothing. Near the front two girls are carrying dome-shaped frames. Each frame is about the size of a small umbrella and is attached to th… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Posada Procession Arrives at Mission]

Description: Photograph of a posada at the Texas Folklife Festival. A posada is a ceremonial procession representing the search of Mary and Joseph for lodging just before the birth of Christ. The procession has stopped in front of a facade made to look like a mission. A sign on it reads, "Concepcion Mission founded in 1731." The people in the posada are dressed in different costumes: some are dressed in biblical-era clothing, some are dressed as wise men, and one man at the front is wearing a sombrero. Larg… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[People Walking in the Posada]

Description: Photograph of a posada at the Texas Folklife Festival. A posada is a ceremonial procession representing the search of Mary and Joseph for lodging just before the birth of Christ. A crowd of people are walking together down a pathway from the left to the right. A man in the foreground is dressed in biblical-era clothing. Walking on the other side of him is a woman also dressed in biblical clothing. The couple appears to be Mary and Joseph. Walking in front of the man is a girl carrying a pole wi… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Women Making Tortillas]

Description: Photograph of two women making tortillas in the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing next to a flat grill with tortillas on it. They are both wearing white blouses and pink and white aprons as they pat out the next tortillas to be grilled. In the left foreground is a pole decorated with artificial flowers. In the background, the rest of the Mexican area is visible; fiesta streamers are strung between trees.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Preparing Pico de Gallo]

Description: Photograph of a woman preparing pico de gallo in the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She has short, dark, curly hair and is wearing glasses, a white dress with a colorful embroidered floral pattern on the chest, and an apron. She is mixing a brown ceramic bowl of pico de gallo. In front of her on the counter is a cutting board with sliced tomatoes on it, and a small bunch of cilantro. The counter is covered with a mexican-style table cloth, striped with colors of yellow, pink… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chilean Folklorico Group of Houston Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Chilean Folklorico Group of Houston performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Five male dancers are visible lined up side-by-side dancing with a rope or whip held up over their heads. They are wearing wide-brimmed hats, horizontal-striped panchos, dark pants, and over-the-knee boots with long fringes on the sides. Other dancers and musicians are visible onstage behind them.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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