Photograph of a large group of people, from the Executive Committee of the Port Arthur Reunion Group. There are eight women wearing dresses and two men wearing suits, all facing towards the camera and smiling. Three women are seated in the front row

Portrait photograph of Dorothy Ingram. She is wearing a multicolored dress, a necklace, and glasses. Her hair is pulled back and pinned on the side.

Color photograph of two women sitting at an upright piano that is partially visible. On the left is the church organist Patty Jensen, who is wearing a floral print dress with a wide, white collar. On her right is Pastor Deana Voges who is wearing glasses, a white robe, and a necklace with a Lutheran cross pendant on it. She is holding onto a T-handled cane. The stained glass of a patterned window is visible on the wall beside them. According to accompanying information, they are at a welcoming celebration in honor of the Danish Rebild Society, an organization that provides support and preservation services to Danish-Americans.

Photograph of the Buffalo Soldiers Living History Group at the Texas Folklife Festival. Six soldiers are lined up with their rifles in the shade next to a tree. They are wearing Civil War-era soldier uniforms with belts and brimmed hats. They are standing at attention, holding their rifles at their side. Their commanding officer is standing on the left, facing them.

Photograph of Bill Todd, from Round Rock, Texas, at Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat that has part of a raccoon skin on it. He is reaching up to grab some peppers that are hanging on a string. On the counter in front of him a couple of squash are visible.

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three male African-American vocalists are gathered around a microphone, singing and clapping their hands. They are all wearing short-sleeved button-up shorts and jeans. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir gathered for a group photograph at the Texas Folklife Festival. Approximately fifteen members of this African-American vocal group are standing together on the grass. Most of the members are women; they are wearing dresses or skirts. Some of them are wearing the same t-shirt.

Photograph of a female member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the microphone with one hand and the cord with the other as she sings and points her finger to the audience. She is wearing a sleeve-less, vertical-striped dress. Two male choir members are visible in the background. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.

Photograph of a female member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the microphone with one hand and the cord with the other as she sings and points her finger to the audience. She is wearing a sleeve-less, vertical-striped dress. Two male choir members are visible in the background. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.

Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three female African-American vocalists are gathered around a microphone, singing and clapping their hands. The woman on the left is playing the tambourine. To the left of her, another woman is singing and clapping. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.

Photograph of the Texas Professional Gunfighters performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground, three gunfighters dressed in authentic western wear are crouched down as if anticipating some action about to occur. They are brandishing their pistols, ready for any opposition. In the background a crowd of festival visitors are gathered to watch the show.

Photograph of male members of the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of six African-American choir members are gathered around a microphone to sing. They are all wearing pants and matching polo shirts. The man in the front center is seated while all the others are standing. A canopy of greenery is hanging overhead.

Photograph of the the Second Baptist Church Contemporaries, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The all-female choir wears polo shirts with denim pants. They stand in groups of three around a microphone, performing for festival participants.

Photograph of John Zukowski, from Alpine, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting on the left behind a table, demonstrating how to make a broom. Festival visitors are gathered on the right side of the photograph, watching. Several stalks of straw used to make the brooms are visible on the ground behind Zukowski and on the table in front of him.

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited. His lips are pursed as if he is saying, "ooooh."

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited, with a large, open-mouth smile on his face.

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is holding a crawfish up close to his face. He is very animated, with a large, open-mouth smile and squinted eyes.

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table cheering on a crawfish that is directly in front of him. His face is very animated.

Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. His face is very animated.

Photograph of Mary Eng and another woman preparing wontons in the Chinese booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Eng is on the left picking up a wonton out of a large wok using chopsticks. The other woman is on the right next to another wok. She is tending to the boiling wontons and sifting out the finished ones with a large mesh ladle.

Photograph of female dancers from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are wearing very colorful traditional garments with colors of hot pink, yellow, blue, green, red and white. They are gathering together all facing one another with their arms up in the air. They are wearing colorful sleeves that extend far beyond their hands. Each sleeve has large stripes of blue, green, yellow and red close to the wrist, but the rest of the sleeve is white. Each dancer is wearing a pink sash that is attached to their head and extends down their back. They are dancing in an area that is shaded with a colorful canopy. On the right side of the photograph is a blue storage shed. Near the shed stands a girl who is watching the performance. She is wearing a t-shirt that says, "Korea."

Photograph of a female dancer from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing colorful, traditional garments with sleeves that extend beyond her hands. She is looking down and holding her arms in front of her. The sleeves come down to her ankles. Her outfit is multi-colored with fuchsia, red, yellow, blue, green and white. She is wearing a small headpiece with tassels. A red translucent backdrop is in the background.

Photograph of a female dancer from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing under a colorful canopy at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is playing a drum and wearing a traditional green dress that is embroidered with flowers. The dress also has long red sleeves. She is wearing the drum on a strap that goes over her shoulder. The drum is turned sideways with the heads facing outward. She is striking the right side with a stick.

Photograph of three female dancers from the Korean Folkdancing School in Houston, Texas, performing under a colorful canopy at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are wearing traditional Korean dresses with colors of blue, fuchsia, and green. Each dancer is kneeling down and holding a white sash out in front of them with both hands. On the right side of the photograph, two storage sheds are visible offstage, one orange and one blue.