Collection
Serial/Series Title
1st Annual Texas Folklife Festival
376
19th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
333
8th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
262
7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
259
3rd Annual Texas Folklife Festival
254
4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
242
20th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
231
5th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
231
26th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
219
21st Annual Texas Folklife Festival
198
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[Polish Folk Dancers]
Black and white photograph of a couple of Polish folk dancer, a woman and a man, performing in traditional Polish folk attire with other dancers. Every dancer has one arm outstretched and one arm around their partners' waists. They are performers at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alabama-Coushatta Indian Dancers]
Black and white photograph of a young man performing an Alabama-Coushatta folk dance with others. They are wearing traditional tribal attire including a headdress. He is a performer at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Tatting Thread]
Black and white photograph of Cindy Brandt tatting thread using a tatting shuttle at the Kendall County Community booth, one of many booths at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Finished tatted pieces are strewn about the surface of the table where she works.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Preparing Greek Food]
Black and white photograph of a man named John Mozakis preparing Mezzeh, or an appetizer, at the Greek food booth, one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is scooping out the Mezzeh from a small pan that he is holding.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[German Folk Dancers]
Black and white photograph of teenagers performing a German folk dance at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are dressed in traditional German folk attire. Each dancing couple is embracing as part of the choreography.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill Mancham Constructing a Log Cabin]
Black and white photograph of a man named Neal Wright who is constructing a log cabin at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing by a corner of the unfinished cabin, surveying the logs with a pencil in hand.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Junelle Gambs Teaching Elocution in the One-Room School]
Black and white photograph of Junelle Gambs, who is a member of the Speech Arts Association of San Antonio, teaching elocution in the one-room school on the grounds of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in a high-collared costume shirt and skirt to play the part. Behind her is a chalkboard with a few notes written in chalk on it.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
H.B. "Pat" Zachry, Storyteller
Black and white photograph of H.B. Zachry, also known as Pat, who is a storyteller and a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing in front of a wooden chair with a pointing stick in his hands. To his right is a poster-sized picture of a tractor, set on a collapsible easel.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[African-American "Soul Food" Booth]
Black and white photograph of two women preparing soul food at the African-American heritage booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are both wearing plastic gloves on their hands. Paper streamers hung from above are on either side of them.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Serving British Pub Food]
Black and white photograph of a man named Donald Cormie, serving a Cornish pastie in the British Pub area of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a British costume, consisting of a ruffled blouse trimmed in lace, a vest, and a hat.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alsatian Food]
Black and white photograph of a young girl named Connie Suehs, from the Alsatian booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is serving an Alsatian beef-based dish called "parisa" on a cracker. She is wearing a traditional Alsatian costume, which includes a large fabric headdress. To her right stands an unidentified man wearing a cap; he is also holding a parisa-topped cracker.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Needlework Display
Black and white photograph of a young woman and an older woman standing near a display of impressive, pastoral-themed needlework on pillows. They have a booth in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Demonstrating Cooking with Coon Oil]
Black and white photograph of a woman named Elise Deike, the wife of Max "Trapper Max" Deike, gesturing at food that she is making using coon oil. She is in charge of the "Cooking with Corn Oil" booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. On the table in front of her is a metal baking pan and a large bowl.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Serving Yam Pie]
Black and white photograph of a woman named Daisy Potter who is standing at a table covered in yam pies. Her table is part of the Gilmer Yamboree, a part of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding a knife in her hand after cutting a pie into pieces. She is wearing a crown on her head and a sash over her dress that says, "Possum Queen."
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Larry Dawson, Sculptor]
Black and white photograph of Larry Dawson, a sculptor participating in the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is demonstrating the sculpting process and posing for a picture with one of his unfinished creations. He has a pipe in his mouth.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Muzzle Loading Instruction by the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association]
Black and white photograph of a young boy pointing a rifle at an unseen target with his eye closed. Two adults from the San Antonio Muzzle Loading Association, the sponsors of the activity, are supervising the boy. This activity is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kids Arm Wrestling Each Other]
Black and white photograph of children gathered around a small table to challenge each other in arm wrestling at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A pair of them are competing while the rest watch them; the boy on the right is winning.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Coon Oil Cookies]
Black and white photograph of a woman named Eliese Deike at the "Cooking with Coon Oil" booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding up a bowl of cookies she has made using coon oil. The cookies are small and coin-sized.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cleo Taylor at the Hominy Booth]
Black and white photograph of a woman named Cleo Taylor, standing behind a table at the booth dedicated to hominy at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. On the table before her is a pot full of hominy and a closed jar also full of hominy.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Daisy Potter Eating an Eggroll]
Color photograph of a woman named Daisy Potter, also known as the Possum Queen. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is laughing while holding an egg roll in a napkin, just before she eats it.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Eating German Sausage on a Stick]
Black and white photograph of a long-haired young man taking a bite of sausage on a stick from the German food booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a shirt with the words "Kiss Me I'm Polish" on the front. A woman standing to the right watches him eat.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Weaving on a Loom with a Child in Her Lap]
Black and white photograph of a woman seated at a loom with a child in her lap. The loom is located in the Austin Weavers Co-op Booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is demonstrating to the child how to use the loom, which has numerous strands of thread in it.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Making Lye Soap]
Black and white photograph of a group of women gathered around a boiling cauldron of lye at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Doris Riedel, the woman leaning over the pot, is making lye soap. One of the other women is stirring the contents of the pot with a large spatula.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drop Spinning]
Black and white photograph of a couple of teenage girls at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival using drop spindles to spin fiber into yarn. The girl on the left is elevated on a small stool upon which she is standing. Between the girls is a chair.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History