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[Arts and Crafts Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Tigua Indians' arts and crafts booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several workers are standing on one side of the table, while festival participants are standing on the other side. Jewelry is displayed on the table, along with small dolls.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Entrance to Mexican Market]

Description: Slide of the Mexican Market of the Texas Folklife Festival. This is a sampler of "Night in Old San Antonio" sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. The entrance is bright red with a red and yellow sign overhead. There is a yellow flower painted on it with 1974 in blue painted in the center. Above the flower is the word "mercado" (Spanish for "market") painted in green letters.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Front View of Mexican Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of the front of the Mexican food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. It is modeled to look like Mission Espada. The facade is two-dimensional, and is painted to look like stone. Figures of a friar and a Native American are also painted on the facade. Above the center doorway, which is actually being used as a serving window, are three archways where artificial bells are hanging. On the far left and right of the structure are two additional serving windows. Colorful streamers are st… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group Making Paper Flowers]

Description: Slide of Lose Admiradores at the Texas Folklife Festival making paper flowers. A few members are standing while they make paper flowers. The group is working at a table that has an arrangement of large finished flowers in a container. Behind the table are glass panels where "flores" is written, meaning "flowers" in English.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group of Women at a Presbyterian Congregation]

Description: Photograph of a group of women sitting in the front row of a Presbyterian convention meeting. The six women are looking toward the camera and smiling; some of them are wearing long convention ribbons on their collars. There are many people sitting on fold-up chairs behind them as well as across the aisle from them. There is a handwritten note in Spanish on the back of the photograph that translates to read, "Convention S.A. - Bethel".
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Menudo and Torta Food Booth]

Description: Slide of V.T. "Cowboy" Williams purchasing a bowl of menudo (a Mexican soup) from a menudo and torta food booth, which is sponsored by Project SER. This image was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Iglesia Bethel]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Bethel. The church is white with wood siding. On the wall next to the main doors is a sign reading "Iglesia Bethel 816." Small bushes are underneath the windows on the left and a large tree is planted to the left of the driveway to the left of the church. The road is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The building is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. A sign above the windows reads "Iglesia Presbiteriana U.S. Mexicana." People are coming out the front door. A white picket fence surrounds the front lawn of the church. The tops of automobiles are visible in the foreground parked on the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. Above the windows a sign reads "Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana." A white picket fence surrounds the front yard and driveway of the church. People dressed in Sunday attire are exiting the church and mingling in front of the building. Automobiles are parked on the street in front of the church.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. Above the windows is a sign reading "Iglesia Presbiteriana U.S. Mexicana." On the right, people are exiting the church and mingling in front of the building. A white picket fence surrounds the area in front of the church. Automobiles are parked on the street in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. Above the windows is a sign reading "Iglesia Presbiteriana U.S. Mexicana." People are mingling in front of the building. A white picket fence surrounds the area in front of the church. Automobiles are visible in the foreground parked on the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of People in Front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana]

Description: Photograph of people at an unidentified conference mingling in front of Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana. The church behind the group is a red-brick structure with stained glass windows. A sign above the windows reads "Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana." A white picket fence surrounds the area in front of the church. Automobiles are in the foreground parked on the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Presbyterial Officials]

Description: Photograph of presbyterial officials standing on a lawn in front of Iglesia Bethel. The group consists of eleven women and one man dressed in Sunday attire. In front of the group, bouquets of flowers are sitting on the ground, one with a ribbon reading "Bienvenida." The buildings behind the group are white with wood siding.
Date: 1950
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Woman's Union in Front of Iglesia Bethel]

Description: Photograph of a woman's union standing on the front lawn of Iglesia Bethel. The women are dressed in Sunday attire. One man is kneeling in front of the group dressed in suit and tie. Bouquets of flowers are sitting on the ground in front of the women. Behind the group, the church is white with wood siding. A sign on the wall next to the main doors reads "Iglesia Bethel 816."
Date: 1950
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Woman's Union in Front of Iglesia Bethel]

Description: Photograph of a woman's union standing on the front lawn of Iglesia Bethel. The woman are dressed in Sunday attire. Bouquets of flowers are sitting on the ground in front of the group. The church behind them is white with wood siding. A sign on the wall next to the main doors reads "Iglesia Bethel 816." An automobile is parked on the driveway behind the left side of the group.
Date: 1950
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Photograph of Woman's Union in Front of Iglesia Bethel]

Description: Photograph of a woman's union standing on the front lawn of Iglesia Bethel. The woman are dressed in Sunday attire. One man is standing in the middle of the group dressed in suit and tie. Bouquets of flowers are sitting on the ground in front of the women. The church behind the group is white with wood siding. A sign on the wall next to the main doors reads "Iglesia Bethel 816."
Date: 1950
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Plaza Espana Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of Plaza Espana, a Spanish food booth sponsored by the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The booth appears to be selling various food items, as well as sangria; a lot of people are crowded around the booth. People standing at the top of a hill are visible behind the booth.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of a Young Hispanic Man with a Mustache]

Description: Photograph of a portrait of a young Hispanic man with a large mustache. The man is wearing a dark suit coat and a light, low collar turtle neck. There is a handwritten note in Spanish on the back of the photograph that translates to read, "Small testimony of esteem and friendship to Reverend Walterio S. Scott and his family. Your affectionate friends, (illegible), San Antonio, Tex., June 4, 1896".
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Project SER Sponsored Menudo Booth]

Description: Slide of a booth serving menudo (a Mexican soup) that is sponsored by Project SER at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three men to the right posing for the picture. They are standing next to a table where menudo-filled foam bowls are sitting. Behind them are men operating the booth. In the background are people walking in a walkway.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Students at San Antonio Children's Museum]

Description: Photograph of Gates Elementary students during a field trip to the San Antonio Children's Museum. They stand in a circle in casual attire and are joined by a woman in a blue apron. A young girl in the foreground wears a spray-painted t-shirt.
Date: 1995
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tacos De Barbacoa Booth Serving Food]

Description: Slide of a booth in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth was sponsored by LULAC and is serving tacos de barbacoa to many people in the image. In the booth, there are many kitchen gadgets to cook food and keep food warm.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Three Children in Cage]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified children inside a yellow cage. It appears to be an attraction of sorts, perhaps an interactive space at the Children's Museum in San Antonio, Texas, where the picture was taken. A bilingual sign has been tied to one of the bars of the cage. It reads, "Limit: 3 children or 2 children and 1 adult." The other half reads the same but in Spanish.
Date: 1996
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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