[Art by Pio Pulido and All Billings

Photograph of two people leaning against a wall with artworks hanging on it. To their left, there is a large abstract painting and on their right is a smaller painting with intricate designs. Further to their right, there are three more pieces, two of which are 3-dimensional. The artists who created the pieces are Pio Pulido and Al Billings.
Date: 1988
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performers in Feathered Headdresses]

Photograph of rows of people in large feathered headdresses. The women are in draping dresses, anklets and sandals. The men wear large necklaces that cover a large part of their chests, loin cloth-like pieces and hold shields.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Person Performing in a Play]

Photograph of a person in a costume and mask participating in a performance in Europe that was performed for the Mexic-Arte Museum. The man is wearing loose pants and jacket and sticks attached to his pant legs. His hands are also on fire. His mask has a frame in the shape of a triangle and it is pointed downward. It has rods attached to the frame horizontally.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Performing in "Prisoner Sin Delito" Play]

Photograph of a man in the middle of dancing during a rehearsal of "Prisoner Sin Delito [Trapped Innocence]". He has his back arched, knees bent slightly and stands on his tip toes.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Altar with Three Tiers]

Photograph of a heavily decorated altar. There are three tiers and each level has flowers. The bottom tier also has small skulls sitting on the floor and a statuette on the right. The middle tier has skulls as well as a Catholic religious image. The top tier has two small skeleton figures, one in a white dress and veil and the other in a black tuxedo jacket. There is a cross above the pair.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Altar to Sylvia Orozco's Deceased Father]

Photograph of the altar to Sylvia Orozco's deceased father. Sylvia Orozco has two other women attending with her, one of whom is holding up a book that reads "Los Zapatos" by Diego Rivera 1989". There is a painting in the background where two men can be seen wearing sombreros. There is another man behind him, but he is cut off.
Date: 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Discussing Preparations for Celebrations]

Photograph of people preparing for Día de los Muertos Celebration celebrations at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There are a group of older women sitting along two tables containng supplies. There is a man kneeling at the head of the table chatting with the woman closest to him.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prepping a Vehicle for Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon-like vehicle. He appears to be preparing the bumper for the Día de los Muertos celebrations. There are people behind him watching him as he works. The ground around him has newspapers scattered all around him.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Working on a Station Wagon for Día de los Muertos]

Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon. Most of the car can be seen in the picture and the man is cut off. There are newspapers scattered on the ground around him and a bucket next to him. Decorations for Día de los Muertos are hung from the ceiling.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mariachi Band Performing]

Photograph of a five-piece mariachi band, all playing a variety of stringed instruments. They are all men dressed in fanciful sombreros and traditional mariachi attire. Four of the performers are in tan versions of the outfit and one in a black version. There is a man in the background near a microphone stand.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a man in a suit standing next a woman dressed up in Día de los Muertos fashion. She has a long white dress on and a large, feathered hat and her face is made up to look like a sugar skull. In the foreground, members of a mariachi can be seen
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a man, woman and a young girl leaning on a car. The rear of the car can be seen. There is art hanging on the walls in the background. Each person in the picture is wearing a green shirt.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Celebrating Día de los Muertos]

Photograph of a member of a mariachi band in motion to stand up from sitting. In the background, there is a man in a devil-like costume with a large head over his. Behind him there is a woman in a white dress and veil reaching out.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Next to Altar]

Photograph of a woman in a blue dress and her posing with her hands behind her back. To her left is a four tier altar that is decorated in Día de los Muertos theme. The altar is formatted like stairs in that the bottom level juts out the most and each one on top gets smaller. The wall behind her is also decorated with paper flowers.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Celebrating Day of the Dead]

Photograph of two people is extravagant costumes that are themed to Día de los Muertos. There is a large, pink tier in the room that is decorated in yellow paper flowers and pumpkins. There are a crowd of people entering the room. There is also art hanging on the walls and a Day of the Dead themed altar on the far well.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Celebrating Day of the Dead]

Photograph of a woman with her face painted as a sugar skull and dressed in a white dress and a head piece with large black and white feathers. She has a pink feathered boa around her neck. On the wall behind her, there are large artworks hanging. The artworks are also Día de los Muertos themed.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Day of the Dead Performance]

Photograph of flamenco dancers performing for the Día de los Muertos celebration. There is a man in a devil-like costume and a large dragon-like head holding a pitchfork. There are also two other men in mariachi attire dancing with two of the flamenco dancers. There is a third flamenco dancer that is cut off on the right side.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Setting the Space for Day of the Dead Celebrations]

Photograph of of the original space used for the Day of the Dead celebrations before decorating was finished. This is a picture of the room while it was being set up.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outside of the Arts Warehouse]

Photograph of the Arts warehouse from the outside. There are five cars parked on the side of the road. The title "the Arts warehouse" is painted on the side of the building. There are two signs near the corner of the building directing towards the entrance.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Attendees at an Art Exhibition]

Photograph of people attending the art exhibition. There are three artworks hanging on the wall in the background. In the foreground, there is a middle-aged man, an older man and a middle-aged woman (from left to right). The older man and woman are facing the camera, but the other man is looking away.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Admiring Artworks]

Photograph of four people standing shoulder to shoulder in front of a large painting. They all have their arms around the person or people beside them. There are two other artworks in the shot, one on the wall and the other learning on the large painting in front of which the people are posing.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Admiring Artworks]

Photograph of two men in a room with many framed artworks hanging on the wall. They are standing in the corner of the room. One is looking at a painting and the other and looking towards the camera.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Carved Watermelons]

Photograph of two watermelons side by side. They both have words carved out of them. The words are all capitalized, raised and are made of the green rind. The rest of the watermelon was cut off and the red meat of the watermelon can be seen. The watermelon on the left reads "Mexicarte Greening" and the one on the right reads "The Austin Culture." The watermelon on the right has fruit and flowers behind and on it.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Organizing Día de los Muertos Mailers]

Photograph of six people in a room with four rows of papers on the floor, a box of more papers in the middle of the room and a few large piles of papers in the foreground on the floor. They are organizing the mailers into their own specific place.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History