[Child Sitting on an Ox]

Photograph of a young festival participant siting on one of the oxen used to pull log wagons at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Holding on to the ox is J.W. Broom, representative of Woodville Dog Wood Festival. Pennant flags are stretched above them and festival booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Director Talking to Festival Participants]

Photograph of R. Henderson Shuffler, executive director of the Institute of Texan Cultures, talking to festival participants at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The director appears to be in mid-speech as the small group listens.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flamenco Dancer Performing]

Photograph of Elaine Flores, from Los Flamencos de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco on stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancer is wearing colorful Flamenco clothing, which includes a cropped top and a flowing skirt. Festival participants are sitting and standing all around the stage.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Irish Folk Dancers Performing a Dance]

Photograph of Irish folk dancers from Houston performing a dance at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are partnered off and are grasping hands. The female dancers are wearing white dresses accented by embroidery, black tights, and black shoes. The male dancers are wearing white long-sleeved shirts, black ties, and what appear to be brown kilts. All dancers are wearing a brown and green cloth that is pinned to the shoulder. Festival participants watch in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polish Dancers Performing a Dance]

Photograph of Polish dancers from San Antonio performing a dance in a parking lot at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are wearing traditional Polish garments and each of the partners are holding hands. In the center, wearing the dark green dress, is Jo Ann Witek. Festival participants are all around the dancers.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Live Music Performance Featuring a Large Hammer Dulcimer]

Photograph of Ray Baca, member of the Gil Baca Band, playing a large hammer dulcimer on a stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Playing into a microphone, the musician is wearing a colorful shirt, tie, and a black vest accented with embroidery. Festival participants and another band member playing the drums can be seen in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Polish Dancers Performing a Dance]

Photograph of Victor Barczynski and Genny Kosub Kraus, Polish dancers from San Antonio, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are wearing brightly colored traditional Polish garments, which are accented by embroidery. Festival participants are watching the dancers.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Festival Booths in the Parking Lot]

Photograph of festival booths in the Institute of Texan Cultures parking lot at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The booths are colorful and are covered with a light-weight covering. Colorful pennant streamers attached to the tops of the booths stretch across the parking lots. Festival participants and workers are visible.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribal Dancer]

Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta Indian tribal dancer at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing traditional garments and what appears to be a roach headdress, likely comprised of fur and porcupine guard hair. The headdress is tied at the chin. A beaded band with a large circle decoration at the forehead circles his head. A wide, blue beaded band, along with other beads and jewelry, hangs over his chest. He is shirtless; pink and white feathers are attached to his back. Other festival participants appear in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Making Tortillas]

Photograph of a woman making tortillas at a food booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is part of the "Night in Old San Antonio" sampler, sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society, in the Mexican-American area. The woman is wearing a white blouse and a colorful skirt, with decoration in her hair. She is standing in front of a burner as she forms tortillas in her hands. Large umbrellas, with red, green, and white paper flower decorations, are above her. Festival participants and other booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Musicians Practicing]

Photograph of the New Braunfels Engelkinder Choir, directed by Rosemarie Doyle, practicing on the veranda of the Institute of Texan Cultures at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The choir members are wearing purple lederhosen and light pink blouses with light pink socks. The choir director is wearing a purple dress of the same color over a similar light pink blouse. Festival participants and balloons in a variety of shapes and colors are in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oxen Drinking Water]

Photograph of J. W. Broom and Jethro Holmes watering a pair of oxen used to pull an eight-wheel log wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival. Both of them are representatives of the Woodville Dogwood Festival. Broom is standing on the left in front of the oxen, holding a rope that is tied to one ox's halter. This ox is drinking from a metal bucket full of water beneath a water spout. Holmes stands on the other side of the oxen.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Knife Maker Selling Blades]

Slide of William Condit (left) is assisting knife maker Jim Barbee from Fort Stockton, Texas. He is selling knives at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man leaned over the table to look at all of the knives on the table, some of which are simply laid out while others are in wooden cases. There are also other people around the table looking at the knives.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History