Texas Folklife Festival Collection - 80 Matching Results

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[Performance with Guitar]

Description: Photograph of Jackie Harper, the guitarist and singer with the Glad Tidings Trio, from Jasper, Texas, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is standing before a microphone and appears to be singing and playing the guitar.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Lajkonik Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Polish Lajkonik parade at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several young people, wearing traditional garments and hats, are standing and holding up long sticks. The sticks are decorated in what appears to be leaves, flowers, and ribbons. Festival participants are visible all around.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Lajkonik Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Polish Lajkonik parade at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several of the people in the procession are wearing long garments and hats. The hobbyhorse is barely visible on the left. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Lajkonik Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Polish Lajkonik parade at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several people are visible under the fabric of the dragon; the people form the body. Another person is wearing the head of the dragon. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Lajkonik Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Polish Lajkonik parade at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several young people, wearing traditional garments and hats, are processing in the parade. They are holding long sticks decorated in what appears to be leaves, flowers, and ribbons. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Lajkonik Parade]

Description: Photograph of a Polish Lajkonik parade at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Several of the people in the procession are wearing traditional garments and hats. The Lajkonik is in the center, wearing the pointed hat and riding the hobbyhorse. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Potter Making a Vase]

Description: Photograph of Larry Mouce, potter from Kenedy, making a clay vase at a booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The potter is standing in front of a table, forming clay in his hands, while festival participants watch. Several molded vases of various sizes are on the table. Other booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sauerkraut-Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a sauerkraut-making demonstration in the Sauerkraut and Quilting booth, sponsored by Kendall County Community, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is holding a head of cabbage over the slicer; the slicer is sitting on top of a large-ceramic crock. A young participant is watching the process.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Silhouette Artist's Booth]

Description: Photograph of Lonita Straus, silhouette artist from Melvin, Texas, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in front of a large, framed-display of silhouette busts. A nearby table has a stack of paper that is likely used for the silhouette portraits.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Singers from the Kinder Choir Performing]

Description: Photograph of stage emcee, Robert Thonoff, holding an umbrella over singers from the Kinder Choir, representing New Braunfels Wurstfest, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The two young musicians are singing into a microphone, with the young girl standing on a chair. Accordionist, Ed Kadlecek, is also standing in front of a microphone with an accordion; he appears to be singing.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Spike Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a railroad historian showing a young girl how to drive a spike into a railroad at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is helping the girl hold what appears to be a railroad spike hammer; other festival participants are visible behind them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Steel Guitarist Playing Music]

Description: Photograph of a steel guitarist with the Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces Band, from Port Arthur, Texas, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is sitting down and is staring down at the steel guitar; he appears to be playing the instrument. Another musician and other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Indian Beside Beehive Oven]

Description: Photograph of a Tigua Indian preparing skillet bread at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is using a long stick to stir or prod the bread in the skillet; a small flame is visible beneath the skillet. This is set up to the side of the beehive oven (horno) that is used to bake bread. A large fire is contained inside the beehive oven.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Indian Cooking Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a Tigua Indian cooking demonstration at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The two women are standing before two pans, which are resting on top of stumps. One pan appears to contain some type of breading, while the other pan appears to contain hot oil. One of the women is placing a food item into the pan of oil; the other woman is holding a large fork in the oil.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Indian Preparing Skillet Bread]

Description: Photograph of a Tigua Indian preparing skillet bread at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is bending down and looking at the skillet, which is placed on top of a pile of large stones. The stones are to the side of the beehive oven (horno) that is used to bake bread.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Indian With Drum]

Description: Photograph of Leo Garcia, a Tigua Indian, with a drum at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He appears to be chanting or speaking, while pounding the drum with a stick.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Trio Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Glad Tidings Trio, from Jasper, Texas, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. A woman musician is sitting at a piano and speaking or singing into a microphone. The other two musicians are standing near the piano; the gentleman is holding a microphone and the other woman is playing the guitar in front of another microphone.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[A View Inside the Irish Flat]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Sean Burke, Eleanor Patrick, and an unidentified girl holding a poster reading, "Ireland's Treasures" at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing inside the structure representing a traditional 19th century Irish Flat; the inside of the flat features exhibit items loaned by members of the Harp and Shamrock Society.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Weaving Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a man demonstrating weaving techniques in the Austin Weaver's Cooperative booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting at a loom and is producing a striped fabric. A festival participant is watching the process; other participants and booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Weaving Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a woman demonstrating weaving techniques in the Austin Weaver's Cooperative booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting and working on the small loom on her lap. Woven fabrics are hanging behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wet-Plate Photography Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Howard E. Hilliard, from Houston, Texas, demonstrating wet-plate photography at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is sitting at a table and working over the flame of a kerosene lantern. Several supplies are on the table. Other festival participants are standing near the table.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Winner of Cow Calling Contest]

Description: Photograph of Arnold Griffin, from Devine, Texas, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Winner of the festival's cow calling contest, Griffin is speaking into a microphone. Contest director, Happy Shahan, is standing to the right, smiling. Both men are wearing cowboy hats; Griffin's clothes appear to be covered in dirt.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman in Peanut Specialties Booth]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Pearsall Women's Civic Club holding out a peanut butter sample on a cracker at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in the Frio County Peanut Specialties booth; there are crackers with peanut butter on the table in front of her, along with other food items. Other booths and workers are visible behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Making Doll]

Description: Photograph of Emma M. Oettinger, from San Antonio, making a doll in "Grandma's Workshop" at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The woman is sitting on a chair and working on what appears to be a sock monkey. A table with other craft work is visible behind her.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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