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Texas Cultures Online
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Institute of Texan Cultures Texas Folklife Festival Collection
601
Texas Digital Newspaper Program
409
San Antonio Register
231
Cechoslovak and Westke Noviny
91
Hallettsville Rebel
27
Il Messaggiero Italiano
27
Obzor
18
San Antonio Fair, Inc. Records
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Rescuing Texas History, 2009
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San Antonio Register
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4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
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25th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
139
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88
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58
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41
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The Rebel
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San Antonio Chapter of Links Records
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Street Renovation
Image of downtown street renovation.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cover letter on HemisFair '68 meeting
Letter to accompany the transcript of a meeting held August 24, 1965 about HemisFair '68. The letter, from Jim Glass, is addressed to one of the fellow meeting attendees, Mr. Allison Peery. Mr. Peery was one of the site planning architects for HemisFair. The letter is written on "Culberson, Slaughter, Glass & DuBose, inc." letterhead.
Date:
August 27, 1968
Creator:
Glass, Jim
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68
Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model - LIDO Building at HemisFair '68
Image of a model of the LIDO building at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68
Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68
Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68
Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pincus and Hardy Store
Pincus and Hardy stores at intersection off Broadway.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plan-HemisFair site plan study
Image of HemisFair site plan study of the grounds Hemisfair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1964
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flags of Various Countries
Image of flags of various countries lining Broadway St. near the San Antonio Light Newspaper.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Broadway and Jones
Image of Broadway and Jones before street renovations.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flags of Various Countries
Image of flags of the various countries lined on Broadway St. at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flags of Various Countries
Image of downtown Broadway St. lined with flags of various countries. More than twenty countries participated in HemisFair '68 and had pavilions.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flags of Various Countries
Image of flags lining Broadway and Jones Street.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flags of Various Countries
Image of downtown Broadway St. at the corner of Pincus and Hardy stores.
Date:
August 1967
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of meeting on HemisFair '68
Transcript of a meeting held August 24, 1965 with Allison Peery, Richard Wilson, and Jim Glass. The meeting discussed the HemisFair project, why it was proposed, how it would be financed, the space planning, what facilities and attractions would be offered, as well as what the fair symbols should be. The transcript is typed, with annotations in hand, on "Culberson, Slaughter, Glass & DuBose, inc." corporate letterhead.
Date:
August 27, 1965
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Abrazo, August 1966
Issue of El Abrazo journal devoted to HemisFair '68. The issue cover depicts sailing ships on a blue ocean relating to David Bowen's work in the planning for the 1968 World’s Fair and especially the Youth Pavilion. HemisFair ’68, was held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date:
August 1966
Creator:
HemisFair '68
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pudding Eating Contest]
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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sakae Ogama Writing Calligraphy at the Texas Folklife Festival]
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]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Ameleb Club Lebanese Dancers]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lanie Karam, Ameleb Club Dancer]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jo Ann Andera, Dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jo Ann Andera, San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]
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 pointing at Andera.
Date:
[1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator:
Snyder, Chuck
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nadine Mery, Young San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History