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[Mario Salas and Politicians During Election Night]

Photograph of several politicians standing for a group picture during election night at Vicente Fox's headquarters. From left to right, they have been identified as Edwina Salas, councilman Mario Marcel Salas of San Antonio, former Texas governor Ann Richards, councilman Raul Prado, and Arizona congressman Edward L. Pastor.
Date: 2000
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Children in Cage]

Photograph of three unidentified children inside a yellow cage. It appears to be an attraction of sorts, perhaps an interactive space at the Children's Museum in San Antonio, Texas, where the picture was taken. A bilingual sign has been tied to one of the bars of the cage. It reads, "Limit: 3 children or 2 children and 1 adult." The other half reads the same but in Spanish.
Date: 1996
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students at San Antonio Children's Museum]

Photograph of Gates Elementary students during a field trip to the San Antonio Children's Museum. They stand in a circle in casual attire and are joined by a woman in a blue apron. A young girl in the foreground wears a spray-painted t-shirt.
Date: 1995
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front View of Mexican Food Booth]

Photograph of the front of the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. It is modeled to look like Mission Espada. The facade is two-dimensional, and is painted to look like stone. Figures of a friar and a Native American are also painted on the facade. Above the center doorway, which is actually being used as a serving window, are three archways where artificial bells are hanging. On the far left and right of the structure are two additional serving windows. Colorful streamers are strung from the highest archway in the center, down the sides of the booth. The Institute of Texan Cultures building is visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Entrance to Mexican Market]

Slide of the Mexican Market of the Texas Folklife Festival. This is a sampler of "Night in Old San Antonio" sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. The entrance is bright red with a red and yellow sign overhead. There is a yellow flower painted on it with 1974 in blue painted in the center. Above the flower is the word "mercado" (Spanish for "market") painted in green letters.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Making Paper Flowers]

Slide of Lose Admiradores at the Texas Folklife Festival making paper flowers. A few members are standing while they make paper flowers. The group is working at a table that has an arrangement of large finished flowers in a container. Behind the table are glass panels where "flores" is written, meaning "flowers" in English.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Menudo and Torta Food Booth]

Slide of V.T. "Cowboy" Williams purchasing a bowl of menudo (a Mexican soup) from a menudo and torta food booth, which is sponsored by Project SER. This image was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Project SER Sponsored Menudo Booth]

Slide of a booth serving menudo (a Mexican soup) that is sponsored by Project SER at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three men to the right posing for the picture. They are standing next to a table where menudo-filled foam bowls are sitting. Behind them are men operating the booth. In the background are people walking in a walkway.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tacos De Barbacoa Booth Serving Food]

Slide of a booth in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by LULAC and is serving tacos de barbacoa to many people in the image. In the booth, there are many kitchen gadgets to cook food and keep food warm.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arts and Crafts Booth]

Photograph of the Tigua Indians' arts and crafts booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several workers are standing on one side of the table, while festival participants are standing on the other side. Jewelry is displayed on the table, along with small dolls.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaza Espana Food Booth]

Photograph of Plaza Espana, a Spanish food booth sponsored by the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The booth appears to be selling various food items, as well as sangria; a lot of people are crowded around the booth. People standing at the top of a hill are visible behind the booth.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Office of American States at HemisFair '68

Image of Office of American States at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bicycle riders in downtown San Antonio

Photograph of girls riding bicycles on the street in front of an entrance to HemisFair '68, in downtown San Antonio, Texas. Many of the people standing outside of the fair's gates are watching the riders pass by. The central concrete shaft of the Tower of the Americas is visible in the background.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi enthusiasts at HemisFair '68

Photograph of a man walking with two women on each side of him, all interlocking arms, in front of the Switzerland Pavilion at HemisFair '68. The four women and the man each are wearing hats that read "Corpus Christi", and three of the women are also wearing pageant-type sashes that read "Corpus Christi". One of the women is wearing a HemisFair '68 hostess dress.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hemisfair poster- cow with horns and flags

Image of a HemisFair poster of a cow with horns and flags at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spain Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Color image of the Spain Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio. The pavilion has a white stucco exterior finish and has two doors with light brown trim that are a distance apart and separated by a square decorative pattern. There are also several potted plants in front of the building.
Date: 1968?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop

Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: December 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

El Sombrero ride at Six Flags Over Texas

Photograph of the "El Sombrero" ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. Part of the entrance is visible above a fence with the ride name on it and structures to either side of the fence; people are waiting to get on the ride behind the fence.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History