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[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Dan McKinnon - August 10, 1982] (open access)

[Letter from Mario Marcel Salas to Dan McKinnon - August 10, 1982]

Letter from Mario Marcel Salas, public information officer of Organizations United for Eastside Development, to Dan McKinnon, chairperson of Civil Aeronautics Board. Mr. Salas has written to request that South African Airways be denied permission to land in Houston in light of South Africa's civil rights violations and treatment of black South Africans.
Date: August 10, 1982
Creator: Salas, Mario Marcel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Miss Texas USA Cutting Ribbon at Opening Ceremony]

Photograph of Miss Texas USA cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing loose striped pants, a black tank top, and a sash denoting her title. An older man wearing a shirt and tie is standing to the left of her.
Date: August 5, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Philippine Dancers Performing the Maglalatik Dance]

Photograph of two Philippine dancers performing the Maglalatik dance onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two men are shirtless, wearing rolled up pants and coconut halves secured to their shoulders, thighs and hips. One man is crouched down while the other is leapfrogging over him.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Philippine Dancers Performing the Maglalatik Dance]

Photograph of two Philippine dancers performing the Maglalatik dance onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The two men are shirtless, wearing rolled up pants and coconut halves secured to their shoulders, thighs and hips.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Philippine Dancers Performing]

Photograph of a Philippine Dance Ensemble performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The men are wearing rolled up pants and loose shirts. Two women are wearing long white dresses with big sleeves while two other women are wearing white blouses and striped skirts. One man is kneeling down, arranging plates on the stage. Another man is stepping on the plates and holding a glass in each hand.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Philippine Dancer Performing with Cups and Plates]

Photograph of a Philippine Dance Ensemble performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wearing rolled up pants is stepping on plates while balancing a glass cup on his head. A female dancer is to the left, wearing a long white dress with big, puffy sleeves. Two other male dancers are visible.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Irish Girl Dancing]

Photograph of a young Irish dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a short skirt, and a cropped jacket with lace trim, she is dancing with her hands at her side. She has curly blond hair. Other dancers are visible onstage behind her.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Girls Performing Irish Dance]

Photograph of two young girls performing an Irish dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing short skirts, cropped jackets, and laced up dance shoes, they are dancing side by side. The girl on the left is holding the hand of the girl on the right, leading her around to the front.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Women Performing Irish Dance]

Photograph of two women performing an Irish dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing knee-length skirts, cropped jackets with lace trim, and dark pantyhose, they are dancing side by side with their hands joined and raised between them.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Demonstrating Trick Roping]

Photograph of Bruce Montague demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a striped shirt, jeans, and boots, he is trick roping with two lassos: one around his right ankle and a larger one around his hips.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Lassoing a Small Boy]

Photograph of Bruce Montague lassoing a small boy at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Dressed as a cowboy the boy is standing on a circular platform. His arms, chest and legs are constrained, each with a different loop of the rope. In the right foreground, Montague is leaning forward to toss another lasso around the boy.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Preparing Bratwurst in Swiss Booth]

Photograph of a man cooking bratwurst in the Swiss booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a traditional Swiss cap and shirt, he is using tongs to rotate the bratwursts on a flat top grill. Festival visitors are visible outside the booth.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Serving Food in Perini Ranch Chuckwagon]

Photograph of a man serving food in the Perini Ranch Chuck Wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt, he is serving a female festival visitor with a smile on his face. Behind him, a female visitor is standing next to a beer tap.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jack F. "Spot" Baird Holding Tattered Umbrella]

Photograph of Jack F. "Spot" Baird, Professor of Possumology at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a safari hat, a patterned shirt, and overalls, he is holding up a tattered umbrella. An antique camera is hanging around his neck. In place of a flash, a candle is attached to the top of it.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steve Hartz Playing Violin with Kirk Hunter]

Photograph of Steve Hartz, from Old Time String Shop, playing violin with a member of Lone Star Fiddlers outside of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing overalls, Hartz is on the left while Kirk Hunter, wearing a poet shirt and a straw hat, is on the right. They are sitting in an area surrounded by tables of stringed instruments containing guitars, banjos, and mandolins.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lone Star Fiddlers Playing on the Porch of Frontier Fort]

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. In the foreground is a guitarist and an acoustic bassist. In the background, a violinist and another guitarist is visible.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bruce Montague Trick Roping]

Photograph of Bruce Montague demonstrating trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Curled up into a ball, he is laying on his back on a circular platform while he lassos around himself.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lone Star Fiddlers Playing on the Porch of Frontier Fort]

Photograph of the Lone Star Fiddlers playing an impromptu session on the porch of Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are all wearing cowboy hats and light-colored shirts. From the left is an acoustic bassist, a violinist, and a guitarist.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Storytellers Performing Onstage]

Photograph of Paul Patterson, Allen Damron, Guich Koock, and Ace Reid telling stories onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Patterson is on the left sitting in a tall wooden chair, while Damron and Koock are in the center sitting on a square hay bale. Damron is playing a guitar while Koock holds a microphone up to his face. Reid is on the right, sitting in a rocking chair. Everyone except Damron is wearing a cowboy hat and boots. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a wooden house front.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Allen Damron and Guich Koock Performing Onstage]

Photograph of Allen Damron and Guich Koock on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are sitting on a square hay bale, Damron on the left and Koock on the right. Damron is playing guitar while Koock holds a microphone to his mouth.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Festival Visitors Berm Sliding]

Photograph of several festival visitors berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Scattered about on a steep hill, they are using panels of cardboard to slide down. In front of the hill is a broad walkway where several visitors are milling about.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Making Barbecue]

Photograph of a man cooking barbecue in the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw hat and an apron, he is tending to the meat on the grill. In the foreground, large cuts of cooked meat are on cooling on a rack.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wence Shimek Polka Band]

Photograph of the Wence Shimek Polka Band, from Lavaca County, performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Starting from the left there is a clarinet player named Louis (denoted on his music stand), a guitarist, Wence singing at center stage, a drummer in the background, and another guitarist on the right. All members are male except for the guitarist on the right. The back of the music stand in front of her reads, "Helen." A sign on the right reads, "Wence Shimek and the All Star Sounds."
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Couple Dancing to Wence Shimek Polka Band]

Photograph of a couple dancing to the music of Wence Shimek Polka Band, from Lavaca County, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both of them are wearing plaid shirts and dark pants, and the man is wearing a cowboy hat. The band is partially visible onstage in the background.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History