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[Youth Singing Alliance of San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of the Youth Singing Alliance of San Antonio at the 1975 Texas Folklife Festival. The group is on a wooden stage outside. In the foreground, a woman is playing the piano. Behind the piano, two men and three women are lined up, standing behind microphones. In the background, a man is playing the tambourine.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Belgian Mast Game at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of a young girl participating in the Belgian Mast game at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975 in San Antonio, Texas. The photograph features a rough wooden pole planted in the ground and two rough pieces of plywood affixed to the top at different angles. The girl has her arms and legs wrapped around the pole near the top of it. According to the accompanying information, the Belgian Mast game consists of participants climbing a greased pole to ring a bell at… more
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Description: 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: Snyder, Chuck
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jo Ann Andera, San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lanie Karam, Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Dancers Performing at Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nadine Mery, Young San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Ameleb Club Lebanese Dancers]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Visitors Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Norma Solis to John J. Herrera - 1975-09-30]

Description: Letter from Norma Solis, Student Women's Representative for La Raza National, describing to John J. Herrera a racist-sexist incident at the ABA-LSD annual convention and the ensuing non-apology from the one who made the remarks. Solis requests that local chapters of La Raza National and sympathetic organizations write letters of protest to the ABA Chairman.
Date: September 30, 1975
Creator: Solis, Norma
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Child Sliding Down Berm at Institute of Texas Cultures]

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Regional Vice Chairman of the United Negro College Fund to Edwina Murphy - October 20, 1975]

Description: Letter from the Regional Vice Chairman of the United Negro College Fund to Edwina Murphy, referred to in the letter as Mrs. John Murphy. The San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. contributed $750 to the fund last year, but they would like the chapter to contribute $1,125 this year to help them reach their fund raising goal.
Date: October 20, 1975
Creator: United Negro College Fund
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[H.R. 8713, 94th Congress, 1st session - 1975]

Description: H.R. 8713, Report No. 94-506, of the 94th Congress, 1st session introducted by Peter W. Rodino on July 17, 1975 and reported with an amendment on September 24, 1975. "A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes."
Date: July 17, 1975
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Church Exterior and Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of an unspecified church exterior surrounded by a cemetery. A number of tombstones of different designs have been dispersed all along the left side of the church complex. To the right, there is an adjacent building smaller in size that seems to be closest to the street. The church itself lies on a central axis. A tapering pyramidal structure incorporated to the entrance has a four-sided opening that reveals what appears to be an enclosure for a church bell. Gold text embossed on the … more
Date: March 1975
Creator: Wiginton, Patsy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[74th Highland Regiment of Foot at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the 74th Highland Regiment of Foot, also known as the Argyll Highlanders performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Members of the regiment are walking in rows of two wearing historical military dress. The man in the front left is holding a flag, while the man in the right is playing the drums. Other members of the group are carrying bayonets on their shoulders.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[African-American Food Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the two women eating in the African American food booth at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August 1975. In the photograph, the two women are seating in fold-up chairs. The woman on the left is wearing a white dress with tan sandals. The woman on the left is wearing a dark-colored shirt with a plaid skirt and white sandals. A tent covers the entire pavilion above them.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alamo City Highlanders Playing Bagpipes at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Alamo City Highlanders Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four members of the band are standing in a circle playing the bagpipes. Other members of the band are visible behind the circle of bagpipe playing Highlanders.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alamo Square Dancers Performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Alamo Area Square Dancers performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, many couples are twirling around on the outdoor pavilion. The women wear full skirts gathered at the waist, while the men wear button-up shirts with vests and dark pants.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alsatian Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Alsatian dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman holds hands with a young boy. The woman is wearing a white blouse with layers of ruffles across the chest, underneath a long dress with floral embroidery. She wears a large hat with bangle bracelets, white socks, and lace-up shoes. The boy is wearing a plain white shirt with a rounded collar and short overalls with dark socks and shoes.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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