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[Crowd Watching Ameleb Lebanese Dancers]

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]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Exhibiting Possum Diagram]

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 visitors are visible in the background on the left.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Standing Next to Bear Carving]

Photograph of a man standing next to a bear carving at the Texas Folklife Festival. Below the carving is a sign that says, "Wildlife Prints." The man is to the right of it, wearing a peach shirt and a straw cowboy hat. In the image, the bear has just killed a deer and is looming over it in a mountainous landscape.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Putting Jimenez Peppers on a Yam Pie]

Photograph of Jack F. (Spot) Baird and Dick Potter adding Jimenez peppers to a yam pie at Gilmer Yamboree at the Texas Folklife Festival. Baird is in the middle putting the peppers on the pie; Potter is on the right slicing the peppers. Both of them are wearing overalls and the same floral print shirt. Baird is wearing a safari style hat; Potter is wearing a straw cowboy hat. Daisy Potter "The Possum Queen" is on the left, wearing a sash denoting her title and pointing to the jar of peppers.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[O. T. Baker Speaking to Festival Visitors]

Photograph of O. T. Baker at smokehouse speaking to festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding the jawbone of some animal and is standing in front of a wooden shack that has a couple of cow skulls hanging on it. A sign on the shack says, "O. T. Baker, Smokehouse, Austin."
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Helping Visitors at Souvenir and Information Booth]

Photograph of a woman helping festival visitors at the Institute of Texan Cultures Information and Souvenirs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dark-haired woman is behind the booth, across from three festival visitors who are visible from behind. Hats, festival t-shirts, and buttons are hanging up all over the booth. Small signs are displaying price information for each item.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Institute of Texan Cultures Kiosk]

Photograph of the Institute of Texan Cultures Information and Souvenirs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The square booth has t-shirts and hats hanging up inside of it. Two visitors are standing on one side talking to one of the four booth workers. At the top on each side is a sign that reads, "Kiosk, Souvenirs & Information."
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daisy Potter with Raul Jimenez]

Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," being escorted by Raul Jimenez, president of Jimenez Food Products, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and is carrying an open parasol. The couple is walking between two tables filled with yam pies in Gilmer Yamboree.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daisy Potter Presenting Raul Jimenez with Yam Pie]

Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," presenting a yam pie topped with Jimenez peppers to Raul Jimenez, president of Jimenez Food Products, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and a homemade crown with the image of a possum on it. She is standing in the center, handing the pie to Jimenez on the left. Jack F. (Spot) Baird is on the right, speaking into a microphone.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Daisy Potter Feeding Yam Pie to a Visitor's Dog]

Photograph of Daisy Potter, "The Possum Queen," feeding a yam pie to a visitor's dog at the Texas Folklife Festival. Potter is wearing a pioneer dress, a sash denoting her title, and a homemade crown with the image of a possum on it. She is kneeling to the left of a large black and white spotted dog presenting it with a small piece of pie on a napkin.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brooks D. Baker Holding A Handful of Hominy]

Photograph of Brooks D. Baker, from Deer Park, at Hominy Making School at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a handful of raw hominy he scooped up from a ceramic jar in front of him. He is wearing brow-line glasses, a plaid shirt and plaid pants. Next to the ceramic jar is a bottle of lye and a container of Morton salt.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Doing Calligraphy]

Photograph of a woman doing Calligraphy at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting at a drafting table writing a word with a thick felt-tip pen. On the table there is a sign that reads, "Your name lettered." She is wearing a white, peasant-style blouse and has short, dark hair.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Demonstrating How to Make Cascarones]

Photograph of a woman demonstrating how to make cascarones at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in a booth decorated with red, green and white garland, and several different piñatas. Rows of colorful cascarones (confetti-filled eggs) with tiny cone-shaped party hats are lined up on the table in front of the woman. Two signs, one for cascarones and one for piñatas, are hanging across the top of the booth.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girl on See-Saw]

Photograph of a girl sitting on a see-saw in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival. The see-saw is made of a raw branch of wood and a flat panel with a handle. Only her end is visible. She is wearing a large red hat with a wide brim and a yellow patterned dress repeating the word, "Love."
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Child Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Color photograph of a young girl sliding down the berm at the Institute of Texas Cultures during the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975 in San Antonio, Texas. The girl in the photograph is tumbling out of a cardboard box and down the grass hill. She is wearing a navy shirt, pale blue shorts, and tan leather sandals.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
System: The Portal to Texas History

[David Beck in Castroville Alsatian Food Booth]

Photograph of David Beck slicing sausage in Castroville Alsatian food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a Castroville trucker hat, a white shirt with a patterned vest, and an apron.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Claudia Ball with O. T. Baker at Smokehouse]

Photograph of festival director Claudia Ball with former director O. T. Baker at the Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ball is on the left wearing a wide-brim hat and shirt patterned with an old packaging label for "hominy grits." Baker, on the right, is wearing a cowboy hat, big glasses and a button-up shirt.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jack Pirtle, Whitling Instructor]

Photograph of Jack Pirtle, whittling instructor from Cherokee County, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has curly hair and a mustache, and is wearing round glasses and a t-shirt that says, "Whittling is fun!"
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Welsh Food Booth]

Photograph of a Welsh food booth at the 1995 Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A traditionally costumed woman stands inside the booth. She serves a man who stands on the left. He wears sunglasses and a straw cowboy hat.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Welsh Food Booth]

Photograph of a Welsh food booth at the 1995 Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man stands inside the booth. He stands to the right of an illustrated poster regarding Welsh foods.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tim Tingle, Storyteller]

Photograph of Tim Tingle, storyteller, speaking at the 24th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Tingle wears a straw hat, white dress shirt, and suspenders. He holds a microphone.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tim Tingle, Storyteller]

Photograph of Tim Tingle, storyteller, speaking at the 24th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Tingle wears a straw hat, white dress shirt, and suspenders. He holds a microphone and raises his right arm to the ceiling.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grete Benedict selling hotdogs]

Photograph of Grete Benedict selling hotdogs for the Danish Society of Texas Booth at the 24th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Benedict wears a white dress, hat, and name tag. She stands next to an open stove.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lithuanians in Texas Booth]

Photograph of the Lithuanians in Texas booth at the 24th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Individuals stand in front of the booth.
Date: [1995-08-03..1995-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History