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[Peter Breaz Playing Guitar]
Photograph of Peter Breaz, of the band Hickory, playing bass guitar at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a football jersey t-shirt, he is playing a wood-colored bass guitar and singing into a microphone. He has long reddish brown hair and a beard.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Polynesian Dancers Performing]
Photograph of Pau's Keolaomaui Polynesian Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two women wearing grass skirts and elaborate fan-shaped headdresses are dancing and waving grass pom-poms.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruffin Hill Demonstrating Spinning Wheel]
Photograph of Ruffin Hill demonstrating a spinning wheel to a little girl at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, she is sitting on the left behind the machine while the little blonde girl is standing on the right.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Saddler Working on Saddle]
Photograph of a saddler from Big Bend Saddlery in Alpine, Texas, making a saddle at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a red and white t-shirt, he is hammering into a piece of leather to make a pattern.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1981
Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 6, 1981
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sheep Exhibit]
Photograph of people petting a sheep in the sheep exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some people are sitting in lawn chairs on the left while festival visitors are standing on the right. A tan and black sheep is standing between them. To the left of the lawn chairs is a pen containing more sheep.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spanish Flamenco Dancer]
Photograph of a Spanish flamenco dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a fluffy orange and yellow skirt with a white petticoat and a black and yellow long-sleeved shirt. She is holding up her arms and playing castanets as she dances.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spinning Wheel Demonstration]
Photograph of a woman demonstrating a spinning wheel to a little girl at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The woman is sitting behind the spinning wheel and operating it while the girl stands next to her on the right.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Steve Hartz Repairing Instruments]
Photograph of Steve Hartz, from Old Time String Shop in Nacogdoches, Texas, in the Fiber Designer's Display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a blue shirt with suspenders, the curly-haired and bearded Hartz is sitting at a table with many tools as he works.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tennessee Valley Authority Performing]
Photograph of the Tennessee Valley Authority performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The four musicians are lined up at the front of the stage. Starting from the left is a violinist, a guitarist, and two banjo players.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Czechs in Review Performing]
Photograph of Texas Czechs in Review, Moravian Beseda dancers from Dallas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The women are wearing black and pink floral skirts, white aprons, white peasant blouses, and black fitted vests with colorful embroidery. The men are wearing black pants, white long-sleeved shirts, and long black vests that are decorated with tassels and cinched at the waist with a gold belt. They are each dancing with a partner, four couples total. The men have their hands on their partner's waist while the women have their hand's on their partner's shoulders.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Couples Dancing at Cajun Stage]
Photograph of two couples dancing in front of the Cajun stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The couple on the left and in the foreground is a man with light brown hair wearing a polo shirt, and a woman with short brown hair wearing a red shirt with watermelon slices on it. On the right in the middle ground is a woman wearing a rainbow striped tank top and jeans, dancing with a man in a University of Texas hat and polo shirt.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Female Festival Visitors]
Photograph of two festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two women are wearing patterned head wraps that match their skirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Members of the Devine Music Makers Performing In Front of Log Cabin]
Photograph of two of the Devine Music Makers playing guitars in front of a log cabin at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are facing each other, sitting on tree stumps. The man on the right is wearing a plaid shirt and a cowboy hat. The man on the left has white hair but is balding on top. An assortment of stringed instruments are hanging on the wall behind them.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ukrainian Dancers Performing]
Photograph of Ukrainian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a couple is dancing together, skipping around each other in a counter-clockwise fashion. In the background, other couples dancing on the stage are visible. The women are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, peasant shirts, and floral wreath headbands with long flowing ribbons. The men are wearing shiny billowing pants tucked into their knee-high boots with fitted white shirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ukrainian Dancers Performing]
Photograph of Ukrainian Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Four girls dressed in traditional clothing are holding hands and dancing around in a circle. They are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, white peasant blouses, and floral head wreaths with long colorful ribbons attached to the back. Two other dancers are standing at the back of the stage with their hands on their hips.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ukrainian Dancers Performing Onstage]
Photograph of Ukrainian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The couples are lined up one in front of the other, the women on the left side and the men on the right. The women are wearing knee-high boots, knee-length skirts, peasant shirts, and floral wreath headbands. The men are wearing shiny billowing pants tucked into their knee-high boots with fitted white shirts.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USAA Volunteers at Frontier Fort]
Photograph of USAA Volunteers in costume at Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of women are wearing pioneer costumes and standing on the porch of a stone cabin.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with his Dog]
Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with his hog dog at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a cowboy hat with fake money stuffed into the band. Kneeling down next to his dog, he is holding a collection of small bones strung on a necklace he is wearing.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams with Little Boy]
Photograph of Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams talking to a little boy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a star-patterned shirt and a cowboy hat, Williams is sitting on a wooden bench. The little boy, also wearing a cowboy hat, is standing beside the bench.
Date:
[1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History