[Mr. and Mrs. Eliss Burges, Members of the Alsatian Dancers from Castroville]

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Burges, members of the Alsatian dancers from Castroville, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on motorized scooter seats and wearing black hats. A cane rests on Mr. Ellis's knee. A building, stacks of hay, and other people are visible in the background.
Date: [1998-08-06..1998-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alamo Area Woodcarvers Booth]

Photograph of male member of the Alamo Area Woodcarvers booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a wooden carving and tool place on top of a blue table with other tools visible in the foreground.
Date: [1998-08-06..1998-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maggie Oswald Fashioning a Carousel Horse]

Photograph of Maggi Oswald fashioning a wooden carousel horse at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A purple tarp, black supports, and red wires are visible in the background.
Date: [1998-08-06..1998-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tony McGregor Making Gourd Art]

Photograph of Tony McGregor, gourd artist, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a gourd in one hand and using a tool with a maroon handle in his other hand. A tree is visible in the background.
Date: [1998-08-06..1998-08-09]
Creator: Informedia
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Holding Balloons at the Opening Ceremony]

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.
Date: August 6, 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Procession at Opening Ceremony]

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.
Date: August 6, 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ribbon Cutting at Opening Ceremony]

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.
Date: August 6, 1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cajun Band Performing]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim and Mary Hebert Dancing at Cajun Stage]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Milking Demonstration]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two People in a Rowboat]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Festival Visitors Learning Filipino Tinikling]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Washtub Bass Player in Bill Smallwood Band]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Smallwood Band Performing]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cajun Country]

Photograph of Cajun Country at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the left, the area is labeled with a sign on the grass that says, "Cajun Country." In the foreground and wrapping around the area is a pond. In the background, festival booths are lined up with canopies covering them.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman in Petticoat Dancing with Partner]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Dancers From Dance A Round Exhibition Dancers]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dance A Round Exhibition Dancers]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Fox and Charles Davis Playing Music at Frontier Fort]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Performing Middle Eastern Dance]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homero Torres Burning Thorns Off Prickly Pear Cactus]

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.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homero Torres with Pile of Prickly Pear Cactus]

Photograph of Homero Torres with a kerosene-powered prickly pear burner at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt, he is standing next to the burner which is used to burn the thorns off of the cactus so they can be used as cattle feed during a drought. A pile of prickly pears is on the right while Torres is on the left.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indian Man Chanting and Playing a Drum]

Photograph of Jack Batisse performing Alabama-Coushatta Indian chants as he plays a drum at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing an elaborate headdress, he is sitting at a large Indian drum and singing into a microphone.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hank Harrison Playing Violin with Tennessee Valley Authority]

Photograph of Hank Harrison playing violin with the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. To the right of him is a guitar player and a banjo player.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History