Photograph of a group of people and babies, from the First Annual Baby Contest in Port Arthur. There is handwriting identifying each person, and the baby on the far left is labeled as the winner of the contest. The baby is wearing a while outfit and bonnet, and is in the lap of a man in a suit. The image is dated March 6, 1955.

Photograph of the Gulf Pipe-Fitters Social Club outside of the Silver Slipper Nite Club. There are children, adults, and elderly lined up in the group. Some children are standing up on the columns of the porch on the building. The caption in the lower-right corner reads, "Gulf Pipe-Fitters Social Club Picnic Aug. 6, 1938."

Photograph of Church service in Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.

Photograph of the altar at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. A priest is blessing the communion.

Photograph of the procession carrying the decorated photograph of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Nuns, adults and children can be seen in the photograph.

Photograph of the procession carrying a huge decorated photograph of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Girls dressed in white are in front. Men and women are following behind.

Photograph of a religious procession.

Black and white photograph of a young girl seated on a chair that is situated on the lawn outside of a building whose wood siding is partially visible. Directly behind the girl is a large, leafy bush. The girl is identified as Ruby Beth Allenson. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a white bib collar; she is also wearing a bow on top of her hair. Her feet are clad in socks and shiny black shoes.

Photograph of children holding clusters of balloons at the opening ceremonies at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are facing the right on the right side of the photograph. On the left a group of girls are wearing traditional Dutch bonnets and dresses.

Photograph of the opening ceremony procession at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Led by a woman in highland dress playing bagpipes, a crowd of people are coming down the walkway from the veranda of the Institute of Texan Cultures building. Pennant flags are strung from the roof of the building down to the sides of the walkway.

Photograph of a man cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Scissors in hand, he has just split the ribbon while three other festival officials are standing beside him. To the left of him, a woman in highland dress is holding bagpipes. To the right is a woman wearing a sun hat, and a man smoking a pipe.

Photograph of a Cajun band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a young man is playing pedal steel. Behind him a is a violinist and some amplifiers.

Photograph of Jim and Mary Hebert dancing in front of the Cajun Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The area is shaded with trees.

Photograph of a milking demonstration sponsored by the Alamo Area Dairy Goat Association within the Texas Folklife Festival, in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a young man is seating on a concrete block, milking a goat as festival participants watch.

Photograph of Golden Triangle Cajun Club members in a rowboat beside Cajun Country at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman is waving toward the camera while the man picks up an oar. On the other side of the pond, festival booths are visible.

Photograph of Filipino Americans teaching festival visitors the tinikling dance in the San Antonio Tinikling School at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Pairs of dancers kneeling on the ground are beating and tapping bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers and visitors who are stepping over and in between the poles in a dance.

Photograph of a washtub bass player in the Bill Smallwood Band performing on a covered stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a button-up shirt, suspenders, jeans and boots.

Photograph of the Bill Smallwood Band performing on a covered stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the left, Bill Smallwood is playing banjo and singing. Other band members performing include a harmonica player at center stage, a man in the back playing drums, and a man playing washtub bass on the right.

Photograph of Dance A Round Exhibition Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman wearing a dress with a knee-length skirt and fluffy petticoat is pointing her toe and dancing with a man wearing a light-colored shirt and bandanna neck-tie. Other couples are visible dancing onstage.

Photograph of Dance A Round Exhibition Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A woman wearing a dress with a knee-length skirt and fluffy petticoat is dancing with a man wearing a light-colored shirt, light-colored pants, boots, and a western belt. Other couples are visible dancing onstage behind them.

Photograph of Dance A Round Exhibition Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Each dancer has a partner of the opposite sex. The women are wearing dresses with knee-length, fluffy skirts. The men are wearing light-colored shirts, pants, and western belt buckles.

Photograph of Jim Fox and Charles Davis playing music on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Fox is sitting in a rocking chair on the left, wearing western wear and playing a banjo. Davis is sitting on the right playing a wind instrument.

Photograph of a woman in a belly dancing outfit performing a middle eastern dance before an audience at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is waving around a sheer cloth as she dances. Behind her offstage, a large crowd has filled the amphitheater.

Photograph of Homero Torres using a kerosene-powered prickly pear burner at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt, he is burning the thorns off of the cactus so they can be used as cattle feed during a drought. The prickly pears are on the right, up against a chain-link fence while Torres stands on the left holding the burner that extends a couple feet out in front of him.