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[Ameleb Club Operating the Lebanese Food Booth]

Description: Slide of the Ameleb Club members cooking and operating the Lebanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. A woman on the left is stirring a large pot. To her left are many food items on sticks and to her left is a man cooking the food items on sticks on a grill. There is also another man to the right with his back turned in the background who is also cooking to same food items.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Apache and Alabama-Coushatta Members]

Description: Slide of Tosh (left), an Apache silversmith, with Jack Battise, Alabama-Coushatta drummer and chanter at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are both fully dressed in elaborate outfits. There are also two other people also dressed up.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Apache Man Selling his Craft]

Description: Slide of an Apache silversmith sitting down at the Texas Folklife Festival. He has a red case of silver jewelry. He is wearing Native American jewelry. There are two people on the right looking at his wares and one of them is is picking one of his silver pieces out of the case.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Arm Wrestling Contest]

Description: Slide of an arm wrestling contest sponsored by the Bexar County Cowards. There are two young men on either sides of a table and a woman standing in the background judging the contest. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Artist at Work]

Description: Slide of Bruce Marshall, an artist from Austin, Texas, in costume is sitting at a table with three four adults, three of whom are in costume, and a young boy behind him. Marshall is sketching on a large drawing pad. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Austin Polish Folk Dancers Performance]

Description: Slide of the Austin Polish Folk Dancers performing on the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are five male-female dance partners all in a circle and the women are about an arm's length in front of the men. Each man has their hands on their female partner's shoulders and peer over her right shoulder. In reply, the women turn slightly and look and their male partner over the same shoulder. All the dancers are dressed in Polish folk clothes.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band Performance]

Description: Slide of the Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band has six members, two women and four men, playing onstage with various instruments, such as guitar, banjos and violins. There are people in the foreground sitting down to watch.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Balance Beam Performance]

Description: Slide of the gymnastic team of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center at the Texas Folklife Festival. On a balance beam is a girl performing a routine. At both ends of the beams are two men, also a part of the team, supervising the young girl and holding the ends of the beam. There are spectators sitting and standing behind the balance beam. Underneath the beam are large pads for the gymnast's safety.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Slide of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio holding fans in front of their chests at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are all in Mexican folk dresses for performing dances from Veracruz, Mexico. All the dresses have white skirts and each girl has a different colored top to their dress. They also have hair accessories in matching colors. Betty Silva is second from left, Wanda Balmos is fifth from left, and Cynthia DeHoyos is sixth from left.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Slide of members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing a dance called "El Son de la Negra" at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four female dancers onstage, all in white dresses and boots. They are swinging their dresses. The dancers are (left to right) Terry Narvaiez, Edna Perez, Lulu Chavez, and Boni Ramos.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Performance]

Description: Slide of The Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio of San Antonio, Texas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are all young females in traditional Mexican dresses. The dancers are grabbing their dresses and swinging their flowing dresses as they dance.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing]

Description: Slide of members of the Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing on stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. (Left to right) Terry Narvaiez, Edna Perez, Lulu Chavez,and Boni Ramos. They are performing a Mexican folk dance called "La Negra." The four female dancers are all in white dresses and boots. They are waving colored cloths over their heads as part of their dance.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blow Gun Demonstration]

Description: Slide of Rocky Stallings demonstrating a blowgun in the Indian Village area of the Texas Folklife Festival. He is holding a long hollow stick to his mouth. His cheeks are bubbled out as he blows into it.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob Gallaway Take Silk Screening Orders]

Description: Slide of Bob Gallaway's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival that offers silk screening on shirts. He and his wife, Liz Gallaway, run the booth and are from San Antonio. In the image, Bob Gallaway is taking an order for a shirt from a woman.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Boerne Village Band Performance]

Description: Slide of The Boerne Village Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival on stage. The band consists of four members playing a tuba, saxophones and clarinets. There are people around the stage listening to the music.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Booth Serving Aguas Frescas]

Description: Slide of a booth that serves aguas frescas in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There are three large clear containers, each filled with a different colored liquid. There are three women in the booth. There are also stacks of cups on the counters.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Husking and Shelling Corn]

Description: Slide of 4-H Clubs of Medina County sponsored corn husking and shelling at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young boy and girl husking corn. The boy is standing behind a trash can that is filled with corn husks. There are also corn husks all over the ground.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Learns About Driving Railroad Spikes]

Description: Slide of the Transportation Museum of San Antonio area at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are two boys present, one of whom is holding a tool that he is using to drive railroad spikes into a section of railroad behind the boys. There are two men to the right of the boys, one of whom is overseeing the boys.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Sliding Down a Hill]

Description: Slide of a boy sitting on a piece of cardboard or berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sliding the side of a hill. There are people in the background on the right.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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