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[Fay Wood with the Voca Quilting Club]

Photograph of Fay Wood with the Voca Quilting Club at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is sitting behind a large quilt and another woman is visible sitting next to her.

Date: [1996-08-01..1996-08-04]

Creator: Informedia

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Brett the Horsehair Rope Maker]

Photograph of Bill Brett, a horsehair rope maker, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding up a rope to a group of visitors on the left.

Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]

Creator: Informedia

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pamphlet: "Los Hílos De Oaxaca, an Exhibition on Traditional Textiles" Family Guide]

Family guidebook that details an exhibition that was presented by the Mexic-Arte Museum entitled, "Los Hílos De Oaxaca [The Threads of Oaxaca], an Exhibition on Traditional Textiles". The front cover features a large photograph of an embroidered flower as well as the exhibition title in a script typeface above. The English translation of the name is also included in uppercase letters along with the subheading "A Family Guide" and the exhibition dates. The inside cover of the guidebook includes … more

Date: 2006

Creator: Hernandez, Alberto McKelligan & Richter, Lacey

Item Type: Text

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Costumed Child and Title Wall]

Photograph of a child standing in front of a title wall for "Los Hilos De Oaxaca [The Threads of Oaxaca]", an exhibition about traditional textiles hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Text on the wall reads: "Los Hilos De Oaxaca, April 29-July 16, 2006. Acknowledgement of Major Exhibition Lenders: San Antonio Museum of Art, Marcia Lucas Collection, Susan Toomey Frost, University of Texas at Austin." The girl wears a traditionally embroidered blouse and skirt. She holds up a tray o… more

Date: 2006

Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Male Costume Display]

Photograph of a male costume displayed at Los Hilos De Oaxaca, or The Threads of Oaxaca, an exhibit on traditional textiles hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The costume includes a large headdress bedecked with ribbon and fringe. A yellow shirt features green silk pieces attached at the elbows. The pants are sparkly and striped in multiple colors. The costume dummy holds noisemakers in both hands.

Date: 2006

Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Female Costume Display]

Photograph of a female costume displayed at Los Hilos De Oaxaca, or The Threads of Oaxaca, an exhibit on traditional textiles hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. The costume includes a gold necklace, blouse, and skirt. The blouse is black and features embroidered flowers. The skirt follows the same pattern, though the bottom half is lace. Two displays of colorful paper flowers and paper lace cutouts stand behind the dummy.

Date: 2006

Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Children at Loom]

Photograph of two children working with a loom at Los Hilos De Oaxaca, or The Threads of Oaxaca, an exhibit on traditional textiles hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. One child, left, holds a ball of fiber and is weaving it through the loom. The second child, right, looks on.

Date: 2006

Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[City Bus Advertisement]

Photograph of a city bus advertisement for Los Hilos De Oaxaca, or The Threads of Oaxaca, an exhibit on traditional textiles hosted by the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, Texas. Four individuals stand in front of the bus. Sylvia Orozco, executive director of the museum, stands second from the right. Text on the bus reads: "Los Hilos de Oaxaca, April 29 - July 16, 2006. The official Mexican and Mexican American Fine Arts Museum in Texas. Mexic-Arte Museum." Images of embroidered flowers appear on t… more

Date: 2006

Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Pamphlet: Festival Mexico, Celebrating the Art of Cuisine]

Pamphlet that advertises an exhibition that was presented by the Mexic-Arte Museum entitled, "Festival Mexico, Celebrating the Art of Cuisine". The pamphlet folds out to span three panels long which all have a continuous black background. The cover of the pamphlet features the title and date of the exhibition along with a colorful flower embroidery. The first panel continues the flower motif at the bottom left-hand corner. The title of the exhibition is at the top of the panel and is followed b… more

Date: 2006

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Mexic-Arte Museum

[Postcard for A Chest of "Purls", a Fibers Art Exhibition at the Carver Gallery.]

Postcard for the opening exhibition of A Chest of "Purls", a fiber arts show at the Carver Gallery in the Carver Community Cultural Center. The show featured the work of Nettie Jackson Bellinger, Gloria Bryant, Beverly Ann Dudley, and Harriet Kelly. The postcard was sent to Mr and Mrs. C. T. Harris.

Date: September 1990

Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Shuttle

Long, handmade wooden shuttle with rounded ends; a rounded cut-out part for thread and a slot in the bottom; a hole in the side where thread was fed.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Niddy noddy

Wooden niddy noddy made in three pieces.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Goodie Di Raddo Making a Basket]

Photograph of Goodie Di Raddo making a basket at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing up, working on a basket she is holding near her waist. She is wearing glasses and a pioneer dress, with an apron and bonnet.

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group of Women Quilting]

Photograph of quilters from Voca, Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of six women are sitting around a quilt that is stretched out between two wood planks. The quilt is unfinished and each woman is working on a different part of it. Behind them in the background, two women are holding up a finished quilt with a large eight-point star in the center. The star is made up of many small orange, yellow, and brown diamond shapes. The quilt has a brown border.

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alamo Bobbin Lacers Making Lace]

Photograph of Sue Daeschner, of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers, making lace at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting on the right in the foreground with a large round cushion on the table in front of her. The piece that she is working on is attached to the cushion. She is using several bobbins to make the design, about 25 or so, each loaded with purple string. They are roughly the size and shape of pencils. The string from each bobbin has already been worked into the lace, and she is crossing th… more

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Needlework and Craft Booth]

Photograph of the Polish needlework and craft booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the booth is decorated with two wooden models dressed in traditional Polish clothing. A woman leans over a shelf holding various Polish historical items, wearing a sleeveless shirt and white shorts.

Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

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

[Fiber Designers Booth]

Photograph of the Fiber Designers Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A table covered in quilts displays several handmade dolls. A woman sitting behind the table smiles at the photographer as she creates a piece of artwork.

Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Three People Spinning Rope]

Photograph of Johnny Neal, Agnes Neal, and Rowdy Pate making rope at the Texas Folklife Festival. The rope is strung between two vices, one attached to a pole on the right and one that Johnny Neal is holding on the left. On the right, Rowdy Pate is trying to untie a knot in one of the ropes. Agnes is standing in the middle, assisting him.

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Johnny Neal and Rowdy Pate Making Rope]

Photograph of Johnny Neal, and Rowdy Pate making rope at the Texas Folklife Festival. Pate is on the right, tying off the rope on a spinning contraption that Neal, standing to the left, is holding. Both men are wearing cowboy hats and button up shirts. Pate is also wearing a dark-colored vest and glasses.

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Patsy Anderson Making Bobbin Lace]

Photograph of Patsy Anderson making bobbin lace at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting down with a cushion in her lap. The piece that she is working on is attached to the cushion. She is using several bobbins to make the design, about 25 or so, each loaded with string. They are roughly the size and shape of pencils. The string from each bobbin has already been worked into the lace, and she is crossing them over one another to carefully weave the intricate design. Another woman making bo… more

Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Elderly Woman Demonstrating Quiltmaking]

Color photograph of an elderly woman, Virginia Quintanilla, demonstrating quilt making at a table where pieces of fabric are resting before her. She is a participant in the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. A few women are gathered around her to watch. She has one hand on a piece of fabric. Her graying hair is in a bun and she is wearing gold-rimmed eyeglasses. The scene takes place underneath a cloth-covered structure, which is partially visible in the background.

Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]

Creator: Informedia

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman in Traditional Polish Attire]

Color photograph of a woman wearing a traditional Polish dress and a floral crown in her hair; she is a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is also wearing sunglasses. She is holding up a square-shaped piece of Polish needlework in her hands. Behind her are a couple of women also clad in traditional Polish attire.

Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]

Creator: Informedia

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Theresa Sueltenfuss Demonstrating Tatting]

Photograph of Theresa Sueltenfuss in the Kendall County Community Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Theresa is sitting in a folding chair, tatting a small project in her lap. She wears a checkered dress with a button, namecard, and ribbon attached to the right collar.

Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections