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[The Crouch Family Performance]
Slide of Dow and Becky Crouch performing on stage with their father Hondo Crouch at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are Country Gospel singers. On the right is Dow with the guitar, Hondo in the middle and Becky on the left.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pretzel Vendor Mexican Costume]
Slide of a pretzel vendor in Old San Antonio sampler, sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. He is dressed in a Mexican costume and holding a tall bamboo poll which has many holes drilled into it at an angle so that the pretzel treats on sticks and stick out of the holes. He was wandering the grounds at night during the Texas Folklife Festival to sell the pretzels.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cascerones Painting Booth]
Slide of artist Caroline Shelton (right) painting cascerones (painted eggshells that can be filled with confetti) at the Texas Folklife Festival. In front of Shelton, there is a table covered in egg cartons and there are arches over the table decorated with paper flowers. The booth was sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lye Soap Making]
Slide of Doris Riedel, from Austin, Texas, instructing a young visitor on lye soap making at the Texas Folklife Festival. She oversees the visitor and they stir a cauldron over a fire.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Weaver Operating a Loom]
Slide of a member of the Austin Weavers Co-op using a loom to make fabric at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting behind the machine that has many spools with many fibers threaded into the loom.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chimney Makers Working Together to Build a Chimney]
Slide of Cecil Overstreet (on ladder), Clifton Warden and a helper using stone to build a chimney on a log house at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mentioned people are gathered near and on the roof and making progress on the chimney while two other men squat at the base of it as they wait for an opportunity to help with the project.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mud Being Thrown for Chimney Construction]
Slide of Cecil Overstreet (on right) being thrown a ball of mud by an assistant at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mud is being used in chimney construction. Overstreet is standing on the part of chimney that has already been build and in the foreground is the assistant just after throwing the mud mixture.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Holding Mud Mixture for Chimney Contruction]
Slide of an assistant to a chimney construction team at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is mixing mud and grass so that it can be used for the construction of the chimney.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mud Being Thrown for Chimney Construction]
Slide of Cecil Overstreet (on right) being thrown a ball of mud by an assistant at the Texas Folklife Festival. The mud is being used in chimney construction. Overstreet is standing on the part of chimney that has already been build and in the foreground is the assistant just after throwing the mud mixture.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Young Children Performing on the Ballet Folklorico Stage]
Slide of a young boy and girl who are Austin Folk Dancers performing on the Ballet Folklorico Stage of the Texas Folklife Festival. They children are holding hands and are in mid-step in the image.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[German Folk Dancers Performing]
Slide of Cameron German Folk Dancers performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are all in traditional folk German clothes.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alamo Area Square Dancers Performing]
Slide of Alamo Area Square Dancers performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alamo Area Square Dancers Performing On Stage]
Slide of Alamo Area Square Dancers performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. All of the female dancers are wearing the same mid-length light colored dress that have a large bell while all the men wear dark trousers and different button-down shirts.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Women display food from a Chinese Food Booth]
Slide of two Chinese women displaying a tray of deep fried shrimp chips that is being served at the Chinese food booth that they help operate. The booth was sponsored by the Chinese Community of San Antonio. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman Preparing Food for a Chinese Food Booth]
Slide of woman at the Texas Folklife Festival deep frying food in woks that are sitting over a stove contained by metal trash cans. There are other women in the background aiding in operating the booth.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Boys Take Part in Log House Raising]
Slide of two boys participating in the Pioneer Log House Raising event of the Texas Folklife Festival. They are helping to finish the log cabin's roof. There is one boy standing on the roof near the edge and another boy to his left who is sitting down with a shingle in his hand.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tennessee Valley Authority Band Performance]
Slide of the Tennessee Valley Authority Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are from San Antonio and directed by Hank Harrison (left). There are four total members, three in the foreground and one in the background. The three members in the foreground are all singing into the same microphone. There is another microphone that is placed lower down to catch the sound of their instruments, which includes a banjo, guitar and violin.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Los Flamencos de San Antonio Performance]
Slide of Ricardo Castellano (foreground left) and Teresa Champion (foreground right) are performing Fandangos de Huelva at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are a part of Los Flamencos de San Antonio. The pair are in a flamboyant dancing costumes and have their wrists crossed in front of their body as a part of a dance move in their choreography. There are guitarists in the background playing the music to which Castellano and Champion are dancing.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Los Flamencos de San Antonio Performing Fandangos de Huelva]
Slide of Ricardo Castellano (foreground left) and Teresa Champion (foreground right) are performing Fandangos de Huelva at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are a part of Los Flamencos de San Antonio. Castellano and Champion are facing the same direction, Castellano behind her, and they both have their right hands extended as a part of a dance move in their choreography. There are also other dancers performing with them and guitarists in the background playing the music to which they are dancing.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Willie Champion Speaking Into a Microphone]
Slide of Willie Champion, co-director of Los Flamencos de San Antonio and Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, speaking into a microphone. He is a participant of the Texas Folklife Festival. Champion is holding a guitar in his left hand and has his other hand on his hip.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Customers at a Wendish Gallery]
Slide of a Wendish gallery, sponsored by the Wendish Culture Club, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Costumed Mary Schimank (right), from Houston, Texas, is showing a Wendish cross to her customers. Between her and the three present customers, there is a table on which are Wendish wares, including crosses and cushions.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Wendish Gallery and Its Wares]
Slide of a Wendish gallery, sponsored by the Wendish Culture Club, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two costumed women stand behind the counter displaying Wendish merchandise to customers. There is a sign overhead reading "Wendish" and there are people approaching the counter and examining the goods.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Irish Folk Dancers Performance]
Slide of a Irish Folk Dancers from Houston, Texas performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a grouping of three female dancers dancing in the foreground and three male dancers in the background. All of the dancers are wearing traditional Irish clothing.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[English Pub Serving Customers]
Slide of a British pub sponsored by the British Sporting club of San Antonio at the Texas Folklife Festival. To the right is a bar or counter of sorts where people are operating the pub. In the foreground is a group of four sitting at the table and in the background is a man playing darts.
Date:
[1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History