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[Irene Stephan Kneeling Onstage]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and a sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage, dancing with Japanese fans. One fan is raised above her head while she twirls the other at her waist. She is kneeling down on one knee. To her right on the side of the stage is a large white sign that re… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irene Stephan Performing Japanese Classical Dance]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and a sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage at dusk. Her arms are extended out to her sides, revealing the long hanging sleeves of the dress.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irene Stephan Performing Japanese Classical Dance with Fans]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stephan performing Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves and an orange sash around the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage at dusk. One fan is raised over her head while the other is out in front of her chest. A white sign to her right reads, "Stage 3". The photograph is taken from below, looking up at the performer.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irene Stephan Twirling Japanese Fans]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stephan performing a Japanese classical dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is a young girl, dressed in a traditional Japanese gown with large sleeves that ties at the waist. The dress is white with a floral pattern. Stephan is performing on a large outdoor stage, dancing with Japanese fans. One fan is raised above her head while she twirls the other at her waist. To her right on the side of the stage is a large white sign that reads, "Stage 3".
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Folk Dancers Performing on Stage]

Description: Photograph of Irish folk dancers from Houston, performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stage is just a platform, raised a couple feet off of the ground. The dancers are dressed in orange, green and white, traditional Irish clothing. The men have fabric draped over their shoulder and are wearing kilts. There are three men and three women, lined up by gender and facing one another. The two lines of dancers appear to weaving through one another. The photo is taken from several feet … more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Guard Salutes]

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

[Irish Novelties for Sale]

Description: Photograph of a stand displaying Irish novelties for sale at the Texas Folklife Festival. The stand is part of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas booth. The booth is decorated with green and white paper fringe, green balloons, and shamrocks. The sign overhead reads, "Novelties". Displayed on the table are small green and white objects, including leprechaun figurines. A boy in a green shirt is in charge of the stand. He is standing behind the display table, waiting for customers.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Israeli Folk Dancing]

Description: Photograph of members of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center performing Israeli folk dances near the Jewish booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are mostly women but one young boy is visible. They are dancing at the edge of a parking lot forming a circle and holding hands. The women are wearing knee-length skirts and white blouses. Lining the edge of the parking lot are booths and tents, one of which is the Jewish booth, denoted with a sign.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jewish Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Jewish food booth, sponsored by the San Antonio Jewish Community Center, at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two women stand behind the booth talking to a female festival visitor who is looking at the variety of foods displayed. On the left, handmade price signs are displayed on a post. In the upper right hand corner is a sign that reads, "Jewish." Below the sign, a young girl is also perusing the booth.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes]

Description: Photograph of six women, representatives of the Gilmer Yamboree, dressed in pioneer dresses at the Texas Folklife Festival. The women are lined up outside their booth, facing the camera. The two women on each end are holding an opened parasol. In the middle of them, a small square hay bale sits on the ground. Above their heads a sign reading, "Yamboree" is visible. In the background are festival visitors and other booth workers.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ladies in Pioneer Costumes Selling Yam Pie]

Description: Photograph of two women, representatives of the Gilmer Yamboree, selling slices of yam pie at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing in a booth with a sign reading, "Yamboree". The women are dressed in pioneer style dresses and selling pie to two female festival visitors who have come to the booth. A few yams are visible on the booth's counter.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Food Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Lebanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken from a distance and shows the food booth, a dance floor or performance area, and the large hill behind the Lebanese area. According to a sign, the food booth is selling shish kabobs. Many strings of pennant flags are decorating the area. Festival visitors are visible in the foreground, sitting on steps in front of the area.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Advertising Cowboy Kisses]

Description: Photograph of a cowboy advertising free cowboy kisses in Cattle Drive Corral at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is on top of the bar where beer is being served, squatting down and beckoning someone with his hand. Beside him, are two festival workers, a woman serving beer to a festival visitor and another man serving beer. The two of them are paying attention to what the cowboy is doing. The bar is under a tent decorated with pennant flags advertising Lone Star Beer.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man and Children Playing Horns]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, and children playing horns made from various woods at the Texas Folklife Festival. He stands behind the children, playing a three foot long cypress bugle which he is holding up in the air. Four young children are standing in front of him, each playing a horn that stretches several feet out in front of them and rests on the ground. To the right of the children, a woman, Dana Allison, is standing and holding the hand of a toddler. Th… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man and Young Children Playing Horns]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, and four young children playing horns at the Texas Folklife Festival. He stands behind the children, playing a three foot long cypress horn which he is holding up in the air. Four young children are standing in front of him, each playing horns made of various woods that are so long, the ends are out of the image. The photo is close enough to see that the children are dressed in costumes. Each child is wearing a colorful patterned s… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Demonstrating Syrup Cooking Furnace]

Description: Photograph of a man giving a demonstration of his syrup cooking furnace at the Texas Folklife Festival. The furnace is underneath a small wooden pavilion on which a sign is posted that reads, "Syrup Cooker". A crowd of about thirteen or so visitors is gathered at the front of the pavilion, listening to the man talk about his syrup cooker. The cooker itself is made of stone with a furnace and small chimney. Above the furnace is a rectangular trough which holds the syrup.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Hurling Sheaf]

Description: Photograph of the sheaf toss sponsored by the Scottish Society of Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man prepares to hurl a burlap bag of hay, or sheaf, using a pitchfork. In the background, people are standing and watching.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Playing Cedar Horn on Stage]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, playing a twenty-seven foot long cedar horn onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night and everything is dark except for the stage. Allison stands on the left side of the stage playing the horn which reaches across to the other side. The end of the horn rests on the right side of the stage floor. Two microphones are set up at the edge of the stage pointing towards Allison and the horn. A beige curtain and c… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Playing Cedar Knee Horn]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, Texas, playing a twenty-seven foot long cedar knee horn at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken with the bell of the horn in the foreground; it is resting on a stage where a piano and microphone stand are visible in the left background. Dr. Allison stands offstage to play it.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Playing Cypress Bugle]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace Allison, a pediatrician from Carthage, Texas, playing a bugle made from a Caddo Lake cypress tree at the Texas Folklife Festival. The bugle resembles a long, thin cornucopia about three feet long. One of his hands rests near the mouthpiece while the other supports the middle of the trumpet. A rope handle is attached near the bell and at the center of the horn. Dr. Allison has shoulder-length, brown, wavy hair and is wearing a colorful polyester shirt with dark pants and… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Serving Green Beer]

Description: Photograph of a man, a member of the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas, serving green beer at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a green top hat and a green shirt with a button that says, "Kiss me I'm Irish". He is standing behind a Lone Star beer tap pulling down the spout handle and filling a cup with green beer. Another cup of green beer is sitting on the counter in front of him.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Talking About Duck and Geese Hunting]

Description: Photograph of O. D. LaBove, from Sabine Pass, speaking to a crowd about duck and geese hunting at the Texas Folklife Festival. LaBove is on the left side of the photograph, standing at the bottom of a hill between a cluster of reeds and a brown wooden panel. He has a rifle under his arm. He is facing the crowd who is on the right side of the photograph, on the other side of an artificial stream that contains artificial ducks.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Melody Porter in Lye Soap Booth]

Description: Photograph of Melody Porter standing in the pioneer lye soap booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in pioneer clothing, complete with a red bonnet. At the top of the booth two signs read, "Dorothy Buchanan, Pioneer Lye Soap, Bryan, Texas" and, "Evelyn Johnson, Pioneer Lye Soap, Mesquite, Texas". At the front of the booth a basket of soaps is on display. All kinds of soap making materials are visible on a table inside the booth. Hanging at the back of the booth is a painted scene … more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Miss Galveston Building a Sand Castle]

Description: Photograph of Miss Galveston on "Galveston Beach" at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is sponsored by the Galveston Shrimp Festival. She is wearing a bikini and sitting behind a sandcastle. Another woman is sitting to her left and is also wearing a bikini. Both women are smiling.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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