Texas Folklife Festival Collection - 82 Matching Results

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[Festival Participants Walking Through the Mud]

Description: Photograph of festival participants following a rain shower from Hurricane Delia at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The people are holding on to each other as they walk, through the puddles and mud, back to their booth in Cattle Drive Corral. Tom Perini is pictured in the center. The gentlemen are wearing denim shirts and leather chaps, while the women are wearing colorful shirts and slacks.
Date: September 7, 1973
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fiddler Performing Music]

Description: Photograph of Zaragoza Guajardo, second fiddle for the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is playing the fiddle as he is turned toward the rest of the band. Other musicians are playing instruments behind him.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Flamenco Dancer Performing]

Description: Photograph of Elaine Flores, from Los Flamencos de San Antonio, dancing Flamenco on stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancer is wearing colorful Flamenco clothing, which includes a cropped top and a flowing skirt. Festival participants are sitting and standing all around the stage.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Folk Dancers Performing a Dance]

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center folk dancers performing a dance at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The female dancers are wearing long-sleeve dresses and the male dancers are wearing long-sleeve tops and slacks. Most of the dancers are barefoot.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers have separated to form small circles; they are clasping hands within the small groups. The men are wearing lederhosen and the women are wearing skirts. They are performing on a parking lot as festival participants watch.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are partnered off; each couple faces each other. The men are wearing lederhosen and the women are wearing skirts. They are performing on a parking lot as festival participants watch.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl Running With Balloons in the Rain]

Description: Photograph of Miss Stephens, a daughter of an employee of the second annual Texas Folklife Festival, running through the muddy grounds after the opening ceremony. She is carrying three balloons from the failed balloon release. Hair in pigtails, she is barefoot and wearing a white t-shirt with black pants.
Date: September 7, 1973
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[High School Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of the New Braunfels High School German Polka Band, directed by Joe Rogers, performing music at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The band is performing on the back of a flatbed trailer. The band members are playing a variety of instruments, including the saxophone, clarinet, and drums. The have music stands and microphones in front of them; festival participants are visible all around.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Folk Dancers Performing a Dance]

Description: Photograph of Irish folk dancers from Houston performing a dance at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are partnered off and are grasping hands. The female dancers are wearing white dresses accented by embroidery, black tights, and black shoes. The male dancers are wearing white long-sleeved shirts, black ties, and what appear to be brown kilts. All dancers are wearing a brown and green cloth that is pinned to the shoulder. Festival participants watch in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jazz Band Performing Music]

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center jazz band at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musicians are on stage playing a variety of instruments, including a guitar, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, and drums. Microphones and music stands are in front of the musicians.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Judo Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Japanese-Americans, K.T. Yamanaka and Y. Sakurada, performing in a Judo demonstration at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Two mats are spread out over the grass; the two performers are holding on to each other, doing a hip roll. One of the performers is completely elevated in the air while the other has one leg planted on the ground. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Live Music Performance Featuring a Large Hammer Dulcimer]

Description: Photograph of Ray Baca, member of the Gil Baca Band, playing a large hammer dulcimer on a stage at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. Playing into a microphone, the musician is wearing a colorful shirt, tie, and a black vest accented with embroidery. Festival participants and another band member playing the drums can be seen in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Forging Knives]

Description: Photograph of Donald Hastings, from Palestine, Texas, forging knives at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is pounding what appears to be a knife on an anvil; hot coals are set up beside him and finished knives are displayed on a nearby table. Festival participants are standing behind the makeshift wall.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Grilling Meat]

Description: Photograph of a man grilling meat at Plaza Espana, a Spanish food booth sponsored by the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is standing in front of a large grill and is moving the meat with a grilling fork. There are piles of meat on top of pieces of aluminum foil beside the grill.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Playing Darts]

Description: Photograph of a man playing darts inside the English Pub at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The man is holding onto a dart with his right hand and is poised to throw it; another dart is in his left hand. Other festival participants are visible behind him.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Stirring Syrup]

Description: Photograph of a festival participant stirring syrup in a large pan at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The long rectangular pan is on top of a furnace; he is stirring the syrup with what appears to be a long stick. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man With Grist Mill]

Description: Photograph of R.K. (Ken) Wimberley, from Austin, kneeling down by his grist mill at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. It appears that the grist mill has recently ground corn mill; there is a bag of whole corn nearby and a pile of grounded corn mill under the chute of the grinder.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Member of the Bunny Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band, from Fredericksburg High School, representing Easter Fires Pageant, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is dressed in a bunny costume; he is playing the sousaphone.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Braising Meat]

Description: Photograph of men braising meat in a Spanish food booth at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The men are cooking over a large grill; meat is spread out over the grill. Festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Men Playing Darts]

Description: Photograph of men playing darts inside the English Pub at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. One man appears to be in the act of throwing a dart toward the dartboard, and the other man is by the dartboard, erasing the chalkboard. The food booth, and other festival participants, are visible behind them.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Musician Performing on a Fiddle]

Description: Photograph of Zaragoza Guajardo, second fiddle for the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, performing at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is holding the fiddle to his neck; the bow is at the strings. Other festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Musician Performing on an Upright Bass]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Roark, playing the upright bass with the Silveraiders and Serenaders of Devine band, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musician is holding up the bass and is plucking the strings. Other musicians and festival participants are visible in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Musicians Performing on Opening Day]

Description: Photograph of the East Texas String Ensemble performing on opening day of the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The four band members are playing a variety of instruments, such as the upright bass, violin, guitar, and banjo. Each of the four men are wearing cowboy hats, shirts, and slacks. They are singing into microphones and are performing on a concourse as festival participants stand around the band, listening to the performance.
Date: September 7, 1973
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Musicians Performing on Stage]

Description: Photograph of fiddler, Garland Gainer, playing with guitarists, Keith Worrell (center) and Vernon Worrell, at the second annual Texas Folklife Festival. The musicians are performing on a flatbed trailer and are standing in front of two microphones. Festival booths and participants are seen in the background.
Date: [1973-09-07..1973-09-09]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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