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[Alamo Bobbin Lacers]

Description: Photograph of members of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers creating woven works of art at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Graciela Wilborn, on the left, and Patsy Anderson, on the right, are finishing a piece of artwork. The women sit behind a table, covered with sewing supplies.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Four Bricks Out of Hadrian's Wall]

Description: Photograph of the band the Four Bricks Out of Hadrian's Wall performing on the Irish Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The four people in the photograph, from left to right, are Gary Coover, playing concertina; Kelley Loftus, playing guitar; Bill Galbraith, playing tenor banjo; and Vance Whelply, playing bodhran.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Beethoven Maennerchor Band]

Description: Photograph of the Beethoven Maennerchor Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph depicts four men playing various instruments on a raised stage covered with a transparent tarp.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[United Fiddlers Association Performance]

Description: Photograph of members of the United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph features a woman playing a violin and singing into a microphone. A band consisting of two guitar players and one bass player.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[United Fiddlers Association]

Description: Photograph of United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men and a woman play stringed instruments on a wooden stage. All three band members wear cowboy hats, shirts with tasseled fringe, and dark-colored pants.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four men, each playing a different instrument, perform on a stage for participants of the festival.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Leon Carter of the Texas Funteers]

Description: Photograph of Leon Carter playing his toilet-lid guitar at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. While he sings into the microphone, he wears a pair of overalls over a patterned shirt, boots, and hat. Other members of the band are visible behind him as they perform.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wedding at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the wedding ceremony of Susan and Ken Carruthers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Susan and Ken are standing together in front of a man holding a small booklet. Both the men are wearing traditional military uniforms from the Texas Republic era. Susan is wearing a white wedding dress with lace sleeves and a tulle veil, while carrying a bouquet of flowers.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wedding of Susan and Ken Carruthers]

Description: Photograph of the wedding ceremony of Susan and Ken Carruthers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, men are dressed in military uniform of the Texas Republic. The man in the center of the photograph is reading from a small booklet in his hands.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pudding Eating Contest]

Description: Photograph of a pudding eating competition at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, two blindfolded women stand on a stage covered in yellow plastic protective coverings. The woman on the right is holding the bowl of chocolate pudding as she directs the spoon towards the other woman's mouth.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the E.I.R.E. dancers from Houston, Texas, performing Irish folk dances for the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The dancers consist of four couples performing a dance on a stage. A large crowd is watching from the lawn as the dancers spin around. The women are wearing matching white sleeveless dresses with heavy embroidery around the neck. The men are wearing traditional Irish costume of white blouses and golden kilts with green cummerbunds.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sakae Ogama Writing Calligraphy at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Sakae Ogama, demonstrating Japanese brush writing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. In the photograph, Sakae is seated at a table wearing a traditional kimono. She is holding onto a long sheet of paper with her left hand, and writing with a bamboo brush with her right hand. A young girl and a woman watch as Sakae creates the Japanese forms.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Ameleb Club Lebanese Dancers]

Description: Photograph of five women performing Lebanese dances at the 1975 Folklife Festival as members of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. They are wearing traditional dancing costumes called bedlahs that consist of gold-trimmed brassieres and sheer, flowing skirts of different colors. Each woman is holding a tambourine above her head.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Dragon at 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a several people dressed in a dragon costume surrounded by other fair goers at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975.. One man makes up the long next, head, and front legs of the dragon. Another woman is visible behind the man, supporting the back of the dragon. A woman, Valerie Grace, is walking to the right of the dragon wearing a traditional Polish costume.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lanie Karam, Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of Lanie Karam, a dancer and member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club, performing in a covered pavilion on a wide, white floor. A covered fabric tent is visible behind her. She is costumed in a bedlah suit (a bra and a sheer skirt) that is heavily trimmed with gold accents. Audience members are visible in both the foreground and the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, Dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer and member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club, and an employee of the Institute of Texas Cultures. She is performing in a covered pavilion on a wide, white floor. A covered fabric tent is visible behind her. She is costumed in a bedlah suit (a bra and a sheer skirt) that is heavily trimmed with gold accents. She is dancing with her arms out while her face is mid-exclamation. Audience members are visible in both the foreground and the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club dancer and an employee at the Institute of Texan Cultures. Andera is seated on her legs with her arms curled slightly above her, smiling as she bends over backward to face the crowd. She is wearing a traditional bedlah suit; hers is a gold-trimmed top and a sheer, beige skirt. She is also wearing gold bangles on both her wrists. The heads of two audience members are visible in the foreground; the person on the right is poi… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nadine Mery, Young San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of young girl in a gold-trimmed bra and skirt, otherwise known as a bedleh. She is a member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. She is standing outdoors with her hands on her hips amongst two other young girls and a few women, some of whom are seated.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jerry Young at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Jerry Young from Devine, Texas, serving molasses at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. Jerry sits on a white upturned bucket with a large metal ladle in his hands. He wears a light-colored cowboy hat, denim long-sleeve shirt, and khaki pants. Another man stands behind Jerry, holding a long stick he appears to be using to stir the molasses. Another man stands behind him, while a woman looks on from behind a stone wall.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
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

[Don Vogel at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Don Vogel splitting shingles for a log house at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Don straddles a sawhorse as he adjusts a piece of wood he is about to split. He is wearing a light denim shirt and dark denim jeans. Festival booths and people walking about are visible behind him.
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

[Visitors Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Description: Color photograph of two children sliding down a grassy hill outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures during the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph features the two boys sitting tandem inside a cardboard box labeled "Lone Star Bakery." The two children are holding onto the sides of the box and lifting one side up, as if trying to steer.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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