Resource Type

[Outdoor Family Portrait]

Photograph of a large group of people posing outdoors in front of a fence. There are three young girls wearing white dresses; two of them are wearing bonnets and the other is wearing a hat. There are three women standing between the children, and two men behind them. Large trees are in the background. The back of the photograph has a handwritten date and note (that is not entirely legible) about the day it was taken.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Daughter at Sabine Lake]

Photograph of a man and his daughter at Sabine Lake, dated July 5, 1906. The two are seated under an awning on a boat, and are smiling at the camera. The man has a pipe in his mouth and one hand on his knee. The back of the photograph has a handwritten date and note (that is partially illegible) describing the people pictured.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Family Outdoors]

Photograph of a family group identified as the Carr family taken on July 5, 1906. There are three women, two men, and three young girls. The woman in the front is holding the hand of one of the girls wearing a white dress and bonnet. One woman is seated on the left, behind another young girl. The two men are in the very back. There is a handwritten date and note (partially illegible) on the back of the photograph.
Date: July 5, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society Conference]

Photograph of the sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society Conference at Methodist Church "El Mesias", April 5-7, 1938.
Date: April 5, 1938
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wedding photograph of Ignacio and Virginia Acosta]

Photograph of Ignacio and Virginia Acosta taken on August 5, 1923. The bride is dressed in white with a white head veil decorated with flowers. She holds a bunch of white flowers in her hand. The groom wears a suit with bow tie.
Date: August 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man Leaning on a Rock]

Photograph of a man leaning against a rock. The man is wearing a hat, a long-sleeved, white shirt, a tie, and pants. To the right of him is a shadow of another person. In the background to the man's left are trees. On the back are the words "[Lamo] Kaderli." The Fox Company's stamp is on the back of the photograph and says "Guaranteed for Life, This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man at a Granite Quarry]

Photograph of a man standing next to a crane at a granite quarry. He is wearing a tie and hat. There is a name written on the back of the picture that appears to say Arm. M. Voigt. The back is dated July 5, 1928, and the following is stamped on the back: "Guaranteed for Life This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fiesta Folklorico de Helotes Spanish Dancers]

Photograph of a dance performance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are members of Fiesta Folklorico de Helotes Spanish group. They wear white halter tops, long black skirts and rose barrettes in their hair. Each girl holds an organza scarf in her hands, twirling it around for a large crowd of festival participants.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oscar Trevino, Flamenco Dancer]

Photograph of Oscar Trevino, member of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a velvet bolero over a ruffled shirt, cummerbund, and dark pants. He raised his arms in the air and points one foot to the left as he performs for festival participants. In background is Rosalinda (Chayo) Champion.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oscar Trevino, Flamenco Dancer]

Photograph of Oscar Trevino, Flamenco dancer, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancer wears a velvet bolero over a ruffled shirt, cummerbund, and dark pants. He raised his arms in the air and points one foot to the left as he performs for festival participants. In background is Rosalinda (Chayo) Champion.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Willie (El Curro) Champion, Flamenco Guitarist]

Photograph of Willie (El Curro) Champion performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The guitarist performs on-stage in front of a large crowd of festival participants. He strums the guitar wearing a floral shirt and a silver wristwatch.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ox Riding]

Photograph of Jethro Holmes and his ox at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Jethro wears a denim shirt and denim pants, a blue bow tie and a cowboy hat. He holds the reins to his pair of black oxen harnessed with a brightly-colored yoke as a child prepares to ride one of the oxen.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Possum Cooking]

Photograph of Dick Potter and Jack F. Baird, also known as Spot, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Dick holds the lid of a pot for Spot, who inspects a cooked possum inside of the pot. Both men wear denim overalls with long-sleeve patterned shirts underneath.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Possum Queen Daisy Potter]

Photograph of Daisy Potter, the Possum Queen of the Gilmer Yamboree, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Daisy wears a long dress with a plaid bodice and pink skirt. She carries a white lace umbrella and examines a potato in her hand in the Gilmer Yamboree Booth.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blue Grass Kinfolk]

Photograph of the band Blue Grass Kinfolk performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The four male members of the band play either the banjo, the guitar, or violin as they stand towards the front edge of the stage. A woman playing the base stands behind them. She wears a red checkered dress.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frontier Playland]

Photograph of a child bouncing on a metal drum in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The drum is covered with a horse saddle. Four metal coils are attached to the four corners of the drum, making the drum bounce up and down as the child holds onto the saddle.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woodworking Demonstration]

Photograph of a girl participating in woodworking school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio Texas. The girl wears a blue shirt and denim jeans as she sands a piece of wood. A festival volunteer stands behind her, working on a larger piece of wood.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woodworking School]

Photograph of a woodworking school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two festival participants assist a festival volunteer with wood carving. They sit on hay bales around a short wooden sawhorse covered with wood carving supplies.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Antonio Maliuhay Dancers]

Photograph of the San Antonio Maliuhay Dancers teaching FIlipino Tinikling at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man and a woman stand onstage, jumping in and out of two poles operated by two women from the dancing club. The dancers wear white blouses with floral skirts and yellow sashes. A large group of festival participants watches the demonstration.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Harris Family Singers]

Photograph of the Harris Family band singing gospel under the Brush Arbor at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the stage, two girls wearing matching green and blue dresses sing with father, wearing a blue shirt and plaid pants. Behind them, a boy plays the electric guitar, wearing an orange shirt and jeans.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alabama-Coushatta Dance Regalia]

Photograph of women preparing Alabama-Coushatta Indian dance regalia at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women sew red and purple feathers onto large headresses. One woman sits in the grass weaving string in and out of a cardboard circle, while another sits in a chair working on a yellow and green headdress.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Italian Folk Dancers]

Photograph of Italian folk dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two girls are wearing traditional Italian peasant clothing consisting of a black vest, white blouse, and colorful skirts as they dance for festival participants.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Italian Folk Dancers]

Photograph of Italian folk dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two girls are wearing traditional Italian peasant clothing consisting of a black vest, white blouse, and colorful skirt as they dance for festival participants.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mexican Tortas]

Photograph of a man preparing sausages for Mexican tortas at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The man wears a Coors brewing hat with a white striped shirt and khaki pants. He uses tongs to turn over the three rows of sausages cooking on the grill.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History