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[Pudding Eating Contest]

Photograph of a pudding eating competition at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, two blindfolded women stand on a stage covered in yellow plastic protective coverings. The woman on the right is holding the bowl of chocolate pudding as she directs the spoon towards the other woman's mouth.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sakae Ogama Writing Calligraphy at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of Sakae Ogama, demonstrating Japanese brush writing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. In the photograph, Sakae is seated at a table wearing a traditional kimono. She is holding onto a long sheet of paper with her left hand, and writing with a bamboo brush with her right hand. A young girl and a woman watch as Sakae creates the Japanese forms.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Ameleb Club Lebanese Dancers]

Photograph of five women performing Lebanese dances at the 1975 Folklife Festival as members of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. They are wearing traditional dancing costumes called bedlahs that consist of gold-trimmed brassieres and sheer, flowing skirts of different colors. Each woman is holding a tambourine above her head.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lanie Karam, Ameleb Club Dancer]

Photograph of Lanie Karam, a dancer and member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club, performing in a covered pavilion on a wide, white floor. A covered fabric tent is visible behind her. She is costumed in a bedlah suit (a bra and a sheer skirt) that is heavily trimmed with gold accents. Audience members are visible in both the foreground and the background.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, Dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club]

Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer and member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club, and an employee of the Institute of Texas Cultures. She is performing in a covered pavilion on a wide, white floor. A covered fabric tent is visible behind her. She is costumed in a bedlah suit (a bra and a sheer skirt) that is heavily trimmed with gold accents. She is dancing with her arms out while her face is mid-exclamation. Audience members are visible in both the foreground and the background.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Photograph of Jo Ann Andera, a dancer with the San Antonio Ameleb Club dancer and an employee at the Institute of Texan Cultures. Andera is seated on her legs with her arms curled slightly above her, smiling as she bends over backward to face the crowd. She is wearing a traditional bedlah suit; hers is a gold-trimmed top and a sheer, beige skirt. She is also wearing gold bangles on both her wrists. The heads of two audience members are visible in the foreground; the person on the right is poi… more

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nadine Mery, Young San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Photograph of young girl in a gold-trimmed bra and skirt, otherwise known as a bedleh. She is a member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. She is standing outdoors with her hands on her hips amongst two other young girls and a few women, some of whom are seated.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participant Slicing Meat at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of a participant slicing beef at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The man is wearing a striped shirt and jeans underneath a red apron. He carefully angles the knife down against the meat that is hung from a metal prong.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jerry Young at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of Jerry Young from Devine, Texas, serving molasses at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. Jerry sits on a white upturned bucket with a large metal ladle in his hands. He wears a light-colored cowboy hat, denim long-sleeve shirt, and khaki pants. Another man stands behind Jerry, holding a long stick he appears to be using to stir the molasses. Another man stands behind him, while a woman looks on from behind a stone wall.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Corn Shucking at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of a young girl vigorously turning the handle of an antique corn sheller in Hondo's Corn Shuckin' and Shellin' area at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, the girl is wearing a pink and white flowery swimsuit. The bodies of three women and a man are visible around the girl, although the frame of the photograph crops their faces out of the frame.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Don Vogel at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of Don Vogel splitting shingles for a log house at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Don straddles a sawhorse as he adjusts a piece of wood he is about to split. He is wearing a light denim shirt and dark denim jeans. Festival booths and people walking about are visible behind him.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Visitors Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Color photograph of two children sliding down a grassy hill outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures during the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph features the two boys sitting tandem inside a cardboard box labeled "Lone Star Bakery." The two children are holding onto the sides of the box and lifting one side up, as if trying to steer.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Snyder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Color photograph of a young girl sliding down the berm at the Institute of Texas Cultures during the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975 in San Antonio, Texas. The girl in the photograph is tumbling out of a cardboard box and down the grass hill. She is wearing a navy shirt, pale blue shorts, and tan leather sandals.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Creator: Synder, Chuck

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Steel Guitarist at 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of a steel guitarist at the Texas Folklife Festival in September of 1975. The steel guitarist is seated on a small chair playing the steel guitar and wearing a white shirt, jeans, tan leather boots, and a dark brown cowboy hat. Members of the band are visible behind him as they okay under a striped canopy.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Glenn Myers Performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of A. Glenn Myers, a Washington-on-the-Brazos folk musician, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. Glenn is playing the guitar while seated, and singing into a microphone. He is wearing a burgundy shirt underneath denim overalls and a harmonica around his neck. Several people watch as he performs.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Ramsey Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Color photograph of Bob Ramsay from Hunt, Texas, performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. Bob is a storyteller and demonstrator of wild call animals. In the photograph, Bob is standing in front of a yellow and blue painted board containing photographs of animals, and holding a pair of deer antlers while speaking with a member of the audience.

Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Jazz Festival All-Stars]

Photograph of M.C. Happy Shahan, from Brackettville, performing with the Texas Jazz Festival All Stars, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band represents Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi. The performers are set up on the night stage which has fluorescent lighting. Shahan is standing at the front of the stage in the right foreground, holding a microphone and looking toward the guitar player. A female vocalist stands in the foreground on the left side of the stage in front of the guitarist. Beh… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Jazz Festival All-Stars Being Introduced]

Photograph of M.C. Happy Shahan, from Brackettville, introducing the Texas Jazz Festival All Stars at the Texas Folklife Festival. They represent 'Buccaneer Days' in Corpus Christi. The band is set up on the night stage which has fluorescent lighting. Shahan is standing at the front of the stage holding a microphone while the band stands behind him with their instruments: guitarist, bass guitarist, pianist and drummer. A female vocalist sits on the right side of the stage in front of the pianis… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Bowling]

Photograph of a woman participating in Belgian bowling at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is outdoors, on the grass, next to a chain-link fence. She has just released a round, flat object that is rolling toward a wooden crate. The booth's sponsor, George DeWinne, is watching. Two other men are also watching in the background.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bird's Eye View of "Cajun Country"]

Photograph taken from bird's eye view of large, steep, grassy slope at the Texas Folklife Festival. Large yellow lettering is loosely arranged on the right side of the hill and reads "Cajun Country" which is sponsored by the Cajun Festival and Texas Champion Crawfish Races in Port Arthur. Some people are sitting or standing at the top of the slope where the ground levels out. The area behind them is decorated with pennant flags and contains a couple of booths. Many festival visitors are walking… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[People Dancing to Cajun Music]

Photograph of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is playing on a wooden outdoor stage with a sign displaying their band name. To the left of the stage a couple is dancing. Two people on the left in the foreground are watching the band. Large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill behind the band.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bird's Eye View of Drummer]

Bird's eye photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing at the back of a wooden stage and wearing black pants, a white short-sleeved shirt, and a red hat. Instrument cases and some cables are strewn around the drum set. Two people are sitting on the back of the stage in the top right of the photograph. A trash can is located offstage right behind the drummer.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Texas Crawfish Race]

Photograph of Texas crawfish racing commissioner Jim Braud starting a crawfish race in Port Arthur, Texas. In the photograph, Jim leans over the racing table, reaching towards a basket to release the crawfish. A large audience watches from behind green and red barricades.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Guard Salutes]

Photograph of the Houston Irish Pipes and Drums group, performing on a stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The guards are arranged in a semi-circle facing the audience, dressed in traditional Irish guard costumes of orange kilts, black coats, and dark green hats. The bagpipe players are lined up on the left side of the stage while the drummer is on the right. The band leader stands center stage, heavily ornamented, holding a baton and wearing an orange cape and a tall black bearskin cap. Wear… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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