4,739 Matching Results

Search Results

A Comfort Christmas

Description: Book about the history of Christmas in Comfort, Texas and the influence of "German, English and Hispanic cultures" on Christmas celebrations (p. 3). The book includes recipes for German Sweet potato salad, deer sausage, carne guisada con mole, and buneulos, as well as bread, rice and cookies.
Date: 1996
Creator: Bohnert, Paula & Bohnert, Hannah
Partner: Anne and Mike Stewart Collection

Heinrich Weltner: Graphite Pencil Artist

Description: Book about Heinrich Weltner, including a biography for Weltner, detailed information about his graphite drawings, and the genealogy of the Weltner family. The index begins on page 45.
Date: 2009
Creator: Stappenbeck, Herb & Funke, Patricia
Partner: Anne and Mike Stewart Collection

[Ribbon Cutting at Civic Center]

Description: Photograph of a group of people at a ribbon cutting at the Civic Center . The men are in suits and the women are in dresses, and there is a man taking a photograph of the two men in the middle of the line. The people are identified from left to right as Madison Bazille, Artie Cook, Hazel Baron, Dorothy Ingram, Carolyn Richardson, Sam Aquilina, Mayor Bernis Sadler, Congressman Jack Brooks, Malcolm Clark, and City Manager George Dibrell.
Date: July 8, 1980
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Postcard of Crowd During Parade, 1923]

Description: Postcard with view of a crowd on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas, during a parade in 1923. People wearing predominantly straw hats gather on both sides of the street, with many watching from the second story windows of the shops along the way. A float shaped like a sailing vessel can be seen followed by a brass band.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Postcard of Crowd During Parade, 1923]

Description: Postcard with view of a crowd on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas, during a parade in 1923. People wearing predominantly straw hats gather on both sides of the street, with many watching from the second story windows of the shops along the way. A float shaped like a sailing vessel can be seen followed by a brass band.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Men Gathered on a Bank, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men standing on the bank of the Port Arthur Canal in celebration of its completion from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: A. N. Scott (holding the United States flag); Billy Farrell; E. A. Laughlin; D. S. Stump; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Hans Falsenburg; L. Schuh; Peter Stock; J. W. Carr; N. N. Beels; Frank Cummins; M. R. Bos; Colonel Jim Furlong; Captain Evans; and Peter Lamp. A boat is seen on the canal, left.
Date: 1899
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Men Celebrating on a Small Island, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men gathered to celebrate the completion of the Port Arthur Canal from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: a fisherman called "Frenchy" sitting in a boat; Peter Lamp; Captain Evans; Colonel Jim Furlong; M. R. Bos; N. N. Beels (holding flag); A. N. Scott; J. W. Carr; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Frank Cummins; Peter Stock; and L. Schuh. Sitting: Billy Farrell; A. Spence; D. L. Stump; Hans Falsenburg; and E. A. Laughlin. They are gathered on a small island, with a boat visible n… more
Date: 1899
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Men Celebrating on a Small Island, 1899]

Description: Photograph of men gathered to celebrate the completion of the Port Arthur Canal from Sabine Pass to Taylor Bayou. From left to right: a fisherman called "Frenchy" sitting in a boat; Peter Lamp; Captain Evans; Colonel Jim Furlong; M. R. Bos; N. N. Beels (holding flag); A. N. Scott; J. W. Carr; A. J. M. Vuylsteke; Frank Cummins; Peter Stock; and L. Schuh. Sitting: Billy Farrell; A. Spence; D. L. Stump; Hans Falsenburg; and E. A. Laughlin. They are gathered on a small island, with a boat visible n… more
Date: 1899
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Wurstfest Opa Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Wurstfest Opa Band performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is all men, dressed in gray lederhosen, red ties, and knee-high socks. There are two accordionists, a saxophone player, a trumpeter, a man playing a snare drum, and a tuba player. At the far left, a couple dressed in traditional folk-wear are dancing together.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Crowd Watching Ameleb Lebanese Dancers]

Description: Photograph of a crowd watching the Ameleb Lebanese Dancers perform at the Texas Folklife Festival. Rows of festival visitors are seated on the grassy hill in front of the stage. Several people are also watching from the veranda of the Institute of Texan Cultures building in the background. The stage is in the middle ground and contains about ten female dancers in red and green costumes.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mexican Folk Dancer Posing for Photo]

Description: Photograph of one of the Mexican folk dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. The young girl is smiling and wearing a traditional Mexican dress decorated with lace and ribbon around the neckline. The dress is blue with purple, pink and yellow ribbons. She is also wearing a colorful braided yarn headband.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mexican Folk Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of two Mexican folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. A young boy and girl, dressed in traditional Mexican clothing, are dancing together onstage. The girl is wearing a red and green dress with decorative bead work and embroidery. She is wearing red, green, and white earrings and a red, green, and white bow on her head. The boy is wearing a red suit with white trim, and a red sombrero. Another boy dancer in the group is partially visible behind the girl.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Spanish Folk Dancers]

Description: Photograph of the Spanish folk dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of young girls are dancing onstage wearing big colorful skirts and cropped blouses with big sleeves that tie at the chest. They are twirling their skirts with one hand and waving their other hand in the air. Some spectators are visible offstage in the background.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Young Mexican Folk Dancer Posing for Photo]

Description: Photograph of one of the Mexican folk dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. The young girl is smiling and wearing a long purple and orange floral-patterned skirt with a matching cropped top. She is also wearing a green sash around her neck, purple earrings, and a purple flower in her ponytail.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Argentine Folk Dancers]

Description: Photograph of an Argentine folk dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is smiling and raising a stick up in the air. She is wearing a woven headband, a white shirt, a black vest with silver studs, and a red silk scarf. Her face is speckled with glitter.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Exhibiting Possum Diagram]

Description: Photograph of Dick Potter and Jack F. (Spot) Baird educating visitors about possums in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Baird is holding a diagram that illustrates the various cuts of possum meat. Potter is pointing these out to the crowd and talking about them via microphone. Most of the cuts are similar to that of beef but that names have been changed slightly in a comical way. Both men are wearing overalls, floral patterned shirts, and beige hats. Some festival visit… more
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dick Potter and Jack F. (Spot) Baird with Boiled Possum]

Description: Photograph of Dick Potter and Jack F. (Spot) Baird with a boiled possum in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is holding the possum while Baird speaks to the crowd through a microphone. Both men are wearing overalls, floral patterned shirts, and beige hats. Some festival visitors are visible in the background on the left.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dick Potter Holding Pot of Baked Possum]

Description: Photograph of Dick Potter holding a pot of baked possum in the Gilmer Yamboree booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The pot contains a whole possum atop several yams. Potter is wearing glasses, a straw cowboy hat, overalls, and a floral-patterned shirt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Henry (Bones) Nobles with Peter Breaz]

Description: Photograph of John Henry (Bones) Nobles, from Beaumont, with Peter Breaz, lead singer for Hickory, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Breaz is on the left and has his arm around Nobles. He is holding a microphone and pointing it towards Nobles. Nobles wears an African tribal shirt and a leopard-print beret, while Breaz wears a white shirt with red and green suspenders.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Henry (Bones) Nobles with Fan]

Description: Photograph of John Henry (Bones) Nobles, from Beaumont, with a fan at the Texas Folklife Festival. Nobles is on the right wearing an African tribal shirt and a leopard-print beret. He has a long gray mustache and goatee. The fan, on the left, is an older woman with graying hair and a navy blue shirt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Henry (Bones) Nobles and his Rib Bones]

Description: Photograph of John Henry (Bones) Nobles, from Beaumont, playing rib bones of a cow at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing an African-inspired tribal shirt, a leopard-print beret and has a long gray mustache and goatee. He is shaking the bones in his right hand.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[John Collins as Judge Roy Bean]

Description: Photograph of John Collins dressed as Judge Roy Bean at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a button up shirt with a black leather vest, a red bandana, a thick white beard and a black cowboy hat with a tall round crown. He is holding a rifle across his chest.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
Back to Top of Screen