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[San Antonio Jewish Community Center Choir Performance]
Slide of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are children in the first row and mostly women in the rest of the choir, there are a few men in the very back. The choir members are clapping their hands with the beat.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jewish Choir Performing]
Slide of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are children in the first row and mostly women in the rest of the choir, there are a few men in the very back. All of the women are all in long sleeved dresses in solid colors.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women Making Dolls Out of Corn Husks]
Slide of women making dolls out of corn husks at the Texas Folklife Festival. There a three women sitting at a table with a bin of corn husks, bottles of glue and various other supplies scattered on the table.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Jewish Community Center Folk Dancers Performance]
Slide of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers all of their hands on the backs of another dancer's shoulders to form a circle where they all face inward. All of the dancers are barefoot and dressed in folk outfits.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Tending Food]
Slide of a food booth in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man with a large knife who is tending a large piece of meat that is standing vertical on a metal skewer. The meat is in front of red hot coals. There is also a piece of pineapple on top of the meat on the skewer.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Booth Serving Aguas Frescas]
Slide of a booth that serves aguas frescas in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three large clear containers, each filled with a different colored liquid. There are three women in the booth. There are also stacks of cups on the counters.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]
Slide of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio holding fans in front of their chests at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are all in Mexican folk dresses for performing dances from Veracruz, Mexico. All the dresses have white skirts and each girl has a different colored top to their dress. They also have hair accessories in matching colors. Betty Silva is second from left, Wanda Balmos is fifth from left, and Cynthia DeHoyos is sixth from left.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Performance by the Walker-Ford Singers]
Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers, from San Antonio, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. They were directed by Oscar Ford who is standing on the right with his back turned. There is a male soloist at the microphone performing and a choir behind him. The choir is clapping as they sing.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Performance by the Walker-Ford Singers]
Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers, from San Antonio, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. They were directed by Oscar Ford. The singers are all African American and the singers in the front row are all wearing red.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[TheWalker-Ford Singers Onstage Performance]
Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers, from San Antonio, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. They were directed by Oscar Ford. The singers are all African American and are all clapping with the rhythm.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Polish National Alliance Dancers Posing]
Slide of two members of the Polish National Alliance Dancers from San Antonio, Texas posing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Genny Kosub Kraus (left) and Victor Barczynski are standing in a dancing pose. They are dressed in folk Polish outfits.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Scottish Society]
Slide of a man performing a Scottish sport called sheaf tossing, as sponsored by the San Antonio Scottish Society, at the Texas Folklife Festival. People are scattered around a man holding a pitchfork that he used to toss a burlap sack stuffed with hay.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Antonio Scottish Society Sheaf Tossing]
Slide of a man performing a Scottish sport called sheaf tossing, as sponsored by the San Antonio Scottish Society, at the Texas Folklife Festival. People are scattered around a man holding a pitchfork that he used to toss a burlap sack stuffed with hay. There are two sacks in the air.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers Performance]
Slide of two boys, who are members of the Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers, dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are facing each other making hand gestures. They are dressed in Scandinavian folk outfits.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers Performing Onstage]
Slide of members of the Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers, dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are dressed in Scandinavian Folk Outfits.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of two members, one male on female, of the Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers dancing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are side by side with one pair of hands joined above their heads and the other pair joined in between then. They are wearing traditional Scandinavian clothing.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dancers Onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of members of the Gulf Coast Scandinavian Folk Dancers, from Galveston County, Texas, standing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are all standing side by side onstage and all dressed in folk Scandinavian outfits.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Opening Ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. Allen Thibodeaux and his French Ramblers Band playing in front of the entrance to the Institute of Texan Cultures. There are huge bunches of balloons in the background.
Date:
September 12, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Balloon Release at the Opening Ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival]
Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. Balloons are in the air and being released by the exhibit floor guides of the Institute of the Texas.
Date:
September 12, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Girl Holding a Bunch of Balloons]
Slide of the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young girl holding a large bundle of balloons above her head. there is another girl and man in the background.
Date:
September 12, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Demonstration of Spindle Spinning]
Slide of Alice Allen holding a spindle. She is demonstrating drop spindle spinning techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Demonstration of Drop Spindle Spinning Techniques]
Slide of Alice Allen holding a spindle. She is demonstrating drop spindle spinning techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are people in the background watching the demonstration. There is a table directly behind Allen that has many different supplies items on it.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Holding Yarn for Drop Spindle Spinning]
Slide of Alice Allen, from Carson County, Texas, holding a bundle of wool yarn used for drop spindle spinning. She is demonstrating drop spindle spinning techniques at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are people in the background watching the demonstration. There is a table directly behind Allen that has many different supplies items on it.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Demonstration of Rope Making]
Slide of Bill Brent, from Hull, Texas, making rope using a piece of equipment at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young boy watching him.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History