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[Grace Roy Receiving Award at Salute to Youth Presentation]
Photograph of Grace Roy receiving a plaque at the Salute to Youth Awards Presentation. She is smiling and looking at the camera while holding her Young Achiever Award with both hands. Her presenter, an older woman wearing a jacket and a carnation pinned to her chest, is also holding the plaque and facing the camera. A wooden podium and tall curtains can be seen behind them.
Date:
1978
Creator:
Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grace Roy Receiving Award from Presenter at Salute to Youth Presentation]
Photograph of a young woman identified as Grace Roy receiving a plaque at the Salute to Youth Awards Presentation. She is smiling in the direction of her presenter, an older woman with short curly hair who is handing her the award and shaking her hand. On this particular occasion, Cheryl received the Young Achiever Award. A wooden podium and sets of curtains can be seen in the back.
Date:
1978
Creator:
Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Grist Mill]
Color photograph of a red grist mill, a special antique relic on display at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. Knelt next to it is a man named Matt Pantalion, who is from Nacogdoches. He is watching the grist mill work, as the conveyer belt rotates and the corn kernels, though only a few are visible, are processed.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Guadalupe de Pena, Pinata Maker]
Black and white photograph of Guadalupe de Pena, a woman who makes pinatas. She is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding up an egg carton full of cascarons. One of her pinatas sits next to her; several more pinatas are hanging behind her.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hal Rother, Drum Major of the Alamo City Highlanders]
Color photograph of the Hal Rother, the drum major of the Alamo City Highlanders, a group performing at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is in uniform: a khaki shirt, a red sash, and a black leather sash covered in metal decorations. On his head he is wearing a tall fur cap. In the foreground is the knobbed top of a metal staff.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
HemisFair -- 1978
Speech commemorating the 10th anniversary of HemisFair '68.
Date:
February 17, 1978
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[High Society Jazz Band]
Black and white photograph of a group of musicians performing together as The High Society Jazz Band at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man playing stand-up bass, a trumpet player, a banjo player, a trombone player, a clarinet player, and a child holding a recorder in his hands. A saxophone sits in a stand next to the clarinet player.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride]
Color photograph of a horse-drawn wagon at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. A man identified as M.W. Massey drives the two horses; a large group of children are his passengers.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jack Pirtle, Whittling Instructor]
Color photograph of Jack Pirtle, a whittling instructor from Cherokee County and a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is seated in a wooden rocking chair and is holding a piece of wood with curls of whittled wood on the end.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Jam Session Between Musicians]
Color photograph of a group of four men having a jam session, according to accompanying information, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. From left to right is John Henry "Bones" Nobles, Ed Kadlecek, Jr., and two unidentified members of the band, The Hoboes. A microphone stands near the center of the four men. The man on the far right is playing the accordion.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[James Ander Demonstrating Chair Caning to a Young Girl]
Black and white photograph of a man named James Anders, a chair caner, demonstrating the art of chair caning on a wooden chair as a young girl stands next to him and watches. This live demonstration is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Japanese Woman with a Plate of Food]
Color photograph of a Japanese woman, wearing a kimono, seated at the Japanese food booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding chopsticks in her hand. On her lap is a plate of food; there is rice, kebabs, and an egg roll.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jo Ann Andera, an Ameleb Lebanese Dancer]
Black and white photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer for the Ameleb Lebanese Dancers. She is also a staff member of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a heavily embellished belly dancing costume.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Joe Bowman, Precision Shooter]
Color photograph of a man, Joe Bowman, holding up a pair of steel revolvers in his hands. He is wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, and a fringed vest. He is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Joe Pyle Demonstrating Glass Work]
Color photograph of a man, identified as Joe Pyle, using a blowtorch to craft glass at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding an thin, unidentified object in one hand while the other hand holds his blowtorch. He has a beard and is wearing eyeglasses. He is wearing a striped rugby shirt and denim overalls. A man in sunglasses stands and watches him outside the covered booth.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John B. Connally and Wife Nellie Connally Cutting a Ceremonial Ribbon]
Color photograph of a man identified as John B. Connally, former Texas governor, cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival's opening ceremony. His wife Nellie is standing to his left while the festival's director Claudia Ball stands to his right. A few on-lookers are visible in the distance.
Date:
August 3, 1978
Creator:
Smith, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Juan Martinez, Roof Thatcher]
Black and white photograph of a man named Juan Martinez, a roof thatcher, bundling thatching materials at his booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Juan Martinez, Roof Thatcher]
Black and white photograph of a man named Juan Martinez, a roof thatcher, bundling thatching materials at his booth. His booth is one of many at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Juan Martinez, Roof Thatcher]
Color photograph of two men conversing over bundles of straw in a booth at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man on the left is Juan Martinez, a roof thatcher. According to accompanying information, the man on the right is Mr. Jingles, a daily visitor who collected beer tabs at the festival.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kite-making School]
Color photograph of a young boy standing at the kite-making booth at the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a pair of long yellow sticks in his hand. A woman's reaches her arm out over the little boy's workspace. On one of her fingers, she is wearing a ring.
Date:
[1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator:
Informedia
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History