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[Child Sliding Down Hill at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a child sliding down the hill at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a child is seated with his legs splayed in front of him and his arms outstretched. His mouth is open as if he is yelling. A small cardboard box is in his hand, as if it slid out from under him.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children on the Berm at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two children sitting on a hill at the Texas Folklife Festival outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. In the photograph, a teenage girl is sitting behind a younger boy, wrapping her arms around him. Two pieces of cardboard are strewn to the left and right of the two children. Another boy is visible on the top left of the hill.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Playing Kuipen Stecken]

Description: Color photograph of participants playing Belgian Kiupen Stecken, also known as Belgian Shower Bath at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, two boys are standing on either side of a triangular wooden box with an open top, from which water is pouring. The box is strung in the air between two thick wooden beams. Each boy carries a long stick that each is using to knock the box upside down.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Riding Jethro Holmes' Oxen]

Description: Photograph of children riding Jethro Holmes' oxen at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife festival in August of 1975 in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two oxen are yoked together as they walk across a dirt campground, Three small children are straddling the ox to the left, and the two older children are straddling the ox to the right.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children's Toyland and Barnyard]

Description: Photograph of the Children's Toyland and Barnyard at the 1975 Texas Folklife Festival. There is a large wooden tent-like structure through which a young girl is running. Hay covers the ground. Several other children are playing in the area. A man is standing in the foreground looking at the children.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chilympiad Cook-Off at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Republic of Texas Chilympiad booth at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man wearing a tall cowboy hat, an unbuttoned shirt and jeans is using a long stick to stir a pot. Chilympiad is a Texas chili cook-off whose winners automatically qualify for the world chili championships.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Chilympiad Cook-Off at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Republic of Texas Chilympiad booth at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man wearing a tall cowboy hat, an unbuttoned shirt and jeans is using a long stick to stir a pot. Chilympiad is a Texas chili cook-off whose winners automatically qualify for the world chili championships.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Church Exterior and Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of an unspecified church exterior surrounded by a cemetery. A number of tombstones of different designs have been dispersed all along the left side of the church complex. To the right, there is an adjacent building smaller in size that seems to be closest to the street. The church itself lies on a central axis. A tapering pyramidal structure incorporated to the entrance has a four-sided opening that reveals what appears to be an enclosure for a church bell. Gold text embossed on the … more
Date: March 1975
Creator: Wiginton, Patsy
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Los Conquistadores Mariachi Band]

Description: Photograph of Miguel Costa performing with the Los Conquistadores Mariachi band at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Miguel and his band are wearing traditional mariachi uniforms and each playing an instrument. Miguel is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone. A large audience watches the performance.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Los Conquistadores Musical Group at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Los Conquistadores, a musical group performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival on August 7th, 1975. The group features many band members playing a variety of instruments including the accordion, trumpet, saxophone, drums, and trumpet. The men are all dressed in matching costumes, including white shirts, brown shorts, ties and suspenders. The accompanying says that Jose Morantes is the director of the group.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Los Conquistadores Playing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a mariachi band known as Los Conquistadores performing at the opening ceremony of the 1975 Texas Folklife Festival. Their director is Jose Morantes. Miguel Acosta, the guitarist in the foreground, is playing the guitarrón, or large guitar as he stands near the other band members, including a violinist and two more guitarists. A small crowd is visible in the background.
Date: August 7, 1975
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Corn Shucking at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of a young girl vigorously turning the handle of an antique corn sheller in Hondo's Corn Shuckin' and Shellin' area at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, the girl is wearing a pink and white flowery swimsuit. The bodies of three women and a man are visible around the girl, although the frame of the photograph crops their faces out of the frame.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cynthia Van de Walle at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Cynthia Van de Walle from San Antonio, Texas, holding items for a Belgian rice pudding contest at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. Cynthia balances three bowls between her two hands. She is wearing a yellow shirt, denim overalls with orange buttons, and gold hoop earrings. Blindfolded people wrapped in protective coverings are visible behind her.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech Chorus Singers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio Czech Group performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man and woman are standing together, singing into a microphone. They are dressed in traditional Czech clothing. A woman playing an accordion partially blocks the view of the singing couple.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers from the Dallas Czech Folk Dance Club, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph consists of two men and two women facing the camera with their hands on their hips. The dancers are dressed in traditional Czech costume: the women are wearing white blouses underneath black vests and colorful skirts. The men are also wearing white blouses and dark pants. A large crowd watches as the dance continues.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech Moravian Beseda Dancers from Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man and woman are standing with their hands clasped together, wearing traditional Czech clothing. Several groups of men and women line up behind the initial couple. Audience members are watching as they perform the dance.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech Moravian Beseda Dancers from Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man and woman are standing together with their hands clasped together, wearing traditional Czech clothing. Audience members are watching as they perform the dance.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers from the Dallas Czech Folk Dance Club, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The group features four women and four men with their hands placed on their hips. The women form an inner circle while the men walk around it. The women are wearing white bodices and lace-up vests with red skirts embroidered with ribbon. They also wear flowers in their hair. The men wear matching white blouses with open, burgundy-colored … more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers from the Dallas Czech Folk Dance Club, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph consists of four couples dressed in traditional Czech clothing. Each women stands in front of her dance partner, holding a cloth in each hand that her partner also holds. A large crowd surrounds the dancers.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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