[Celebrating Día de los Muertos]

Photograph of a member of a mariachi band in motion to stand up from sitting. In the background, there is a man in a devil-like costume with a large head over his. Behind him there is a woman in a white dress and veil reaching out.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Day of the Dead Performance]

Photograph of flamenco dancers performing for the Día de los Muertos celebration. There is a man in a devil-like costume and a large dragon-like head holding a pitchfork. There are also two other men in mariachi attire dancing with two of the flamenco dancers. There is a third flamenco dancer that is cut off on the right side.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a man in a suit standing next a woman dressed up in Día de los Muertos fashion. She has a long white dress on and a large, feathered hat and her face is made up to look like a sugar skull. In the foreground, members of a mariachi can be seen
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a man, woman and a young girl leaning on a car. The rear of the car can be seen. There is art hanging on the walls in the background. Each person in the picture is wearing a green shirt.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Discussing Preparations for Celebrations]

Photograph of people preparing for Día de los Muertos Celebration celebrations at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There are a group of older women sitting along two tables containng supplies. There is a man kneeling at the head of the table chatting with the woman closest to him.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mariachi Band Performing]

Photograph of a five-piece mariachi band, all playing a variety of stringed instruments. They are all men dressed in fanciful sombreros and traditional mariachi attire. Four of the performers are in tan versions of the outfit and one in a black version. There is a man in the background near a microphone stand.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Celebrating Day of the Dead]

Photograph of two people is extravagant costumes that are themed to Día de los Muertos. There is a large, pink tier in the room that is decorated in yellow paper flowers and pumpkins. There are a crowd of people entering the room. There is also art hanging on the walls and a Day of the Dead themed altar on the far well.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Celebrating Day of the Dead]

Photograph of a woman with her face painted as a sugar skull and dressed in a white dress and a head piece with large black and white feathers. She has a pink feathered boa around her neck. On the wall behind her, there are large artworks hanging. The artworks are also Día de los Muertos themed.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Prepping a Vehicle for Día de los Muertos Celebrations]

Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon-like vehicle. He appears to be preparing the bumper for the Día de los Muertos celebrations. There are people behind him watching him as he works. The ground around him has newspapers scattered all around him.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Setting the Space for Day of the Dead Celebrations]

Photograph of of the original space used for the Day of the Dead celebrations before decorating was finished. This is a picture of the room while it was being set up.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Next to Altar]

Photograph of a woman in a blue dress and her posing with her hands behind her back. To her left is a four tier altar that is decorated in Día de los Muertos theme. The altar is formatted like stairs in that the bottom level juts out the most and each one on top gets smaller. The wall behind her is also decorated with paper flowers.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Working on a Station Wagon for Día de los Muertos]

Photograph of a person sitting on a chair at the rear bumper of a white station wagon. Most of the car can be seen in the picture and the man is cut off. There are newspapers scattered on the ground around him and a bucket next to him. Decorations for Día de los Muertos are hung from the ceiling.
Date: 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abstract Skeleton Sculpture]

Photograph of a man holding onto an abstract sculpture of an animal skeleton made of white tubing and a styrofoam skull and hooves.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Artwork Hanging on a Wall]

Photograph of artworks hanging on a wall at the Mexic-Arte Museum. There are four full pieces in the picture and one on the far right that is cut off. The pieces all feature Hispanic females.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Attendees at an Art Exhibition]

Photograph of people attending the art exhibition. There are three artworks hanging on the wall in the background. In the foreground, there is a middle-aged man, an older man and a middle-aged woman (from left to right). The older man and woman are facing the camera, but the other man is looking away.
Date: 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Audience Watching Skeleton]

Photograph of a large group of people watching a performer dressed as a skeleton crouching in the foreground; people in the front row are kneeling and people in the background are standing.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys in Skeleton Costumes]

Photograph of two young men in black and white skeleton costumes and a man painting on the costume of the boy on the right and several other people on a raised platform in the background.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Breakdancing]

Photograph of a young man breakdancing on a square mat in an art gallery; three young men watch him on the left and a group of five young men are talking and looking at a piece of paper on the right side. There are paintings hanging on the walls and plants in the background.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Breakdancing in Gallery]

Photograph of three young men dressed in black breakdancing on a square mat while a man works a turntable in the foreground and a man next to him watches the dancers. Another man on the right walks towards them and there is a small group of young men walking out of the gallery in the background.
Date: 1985
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dancers Posing]

Photograph of seven Folklorico dancers posing; two men stand in the back and three women hold their skirts out in the middle and two women wearing ruffles around their heads kneel in the front.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devil and Skeleton Dancers]

Photograph of two dancers dressed as a skeleton and a devil onstage under red lighting; the set piece behind them features a building and several skulls.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Devil and Woman in Veil]

Photograph of a dancer wearing a veil holding her arm out to another dancer dressed as a devil and holding a pitchfork; both dancers are on a stage against a red backdrop and two other dancers are visible on the side of the stage.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Folklorico Dancer]

Photograph of a Folklorico dancer wearing ruffles around her head dancing.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Folklorico Dancers]

Photograph of a group of Folklorico dancers onstage; six women with ruffles around their heads stand in a line holding their skirts out and two men stand in the background.
Date: [1985..1987]
Creator: Mexic-Arte Museum (Austin, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History