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[Postcard of the Fall Festival Poster Girl Sylvia Joy]

The image in front of the postcard shows a woman wearing a dress and a hat looking directly at the viewer. The woman is Sylvia Joy, the poster girl. At the bottom of the postcard if the following in print: "The Cincinnati Fall Festival, Aug. 28 to Sept. 22, 1906." Below the printed text the name "Sylvia Joy" is printed. On the right side of the postcard is illegible handwritten text. The postcard is addressed to Miss Mamie McFaddin in Huntington, West Virginia.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Kautz Store with cars in front]

Photograph of corn festival in front of Kautz Store in Taylor with large crowd and automobiles parked in front.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Williamson Museum

May Day Festival

The crowning of the Queen at the May Day Festival in Henrietta on the SW corner of the courthouse lawn. She is surrounded by girls and young women in white dresses. A Maypole is in the foreground. Many spectators are holding umbrellas to shade themselves.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Clay County Historical Society

[Program: May Fete, 1926]

Program for the second annual May Fete held May 1, 1926 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1926

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Program: May Fete, 1927]

Program for the third annual May Fete held May 1, 1927 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1927

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Program: May Fete, 1928]

Program for the fourth annual May Fete held May 1, 1928 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1928

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Program: May Fete, 1929]

Program for the fifth annual May Fete held May 1, 1929 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1929

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Portrait of an Unidentified Group of Children]

Portrait of a group of unidentified children. The children are posing in front of an unidentified building. They are in costume for the Mai-Fest. The photograph is dated May 10, 1929.

Date: May 10, 1929

Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Program: May Fete, 1930]

Program for the sixth annual May Fete held May 1, 1930 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1930

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Program: May Fete, 1931]

Program for the seventh annual May Fete held May 1, 1931 on the McMurry College campus.

Date: April 1931

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

[List of McMurry Royalty]

List of people voted in as royalty under the headings "College Queens," McMurry Queens," and "Dowager Queen." A handwritten note in the upper-right corner says "Festival 1941."

Date: 1941

Item Type: Text

Partner: McMurry University Library

[Photograph of a Mass service at the Old City Auditorium]

Photograph of a Mass celebrating the Feast for Christ the King at the Old City Auditorium. The audience is comprised of Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners.

Date: 1941

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.76111400908044 -95.36517409999999

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Program: Festival of the Arts, 1941]

Program for the Festival of Arts held at McMurry College May 4-11, 1941, including musical and theater performances, artist exhibits, and other activities. It also contains advertisements from the event's sponsors.

Date: Spring 1941

Creator: McMurry College

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: McMurry University Library

The Message, Volume 3, Number 21, February 1949

Weekly newsletter of Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This issue discusses the upcoming Jewish music festival and announces Moe Mandel's reelection to Beth Yeshurun president.

Date: February 25, 1949

Creator: Congregation Beth Yeshurun (Houston, Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Festival ensemble

Festival ensemble including (a) a below-knee length robe of red woven silk with embroidered ram's horn motif trim, (b) a cylindrical cap headpiece covered with circular silver repousse discs, and surmounted by a sphere with a central "spike" from which hang three bells and three oval plaques on short chains, (c) a pendant of silver and simulated lapis lazuli and carnelian, shaped as a large inverted flat "spade" card suit, and (d) a green cloth necklace edged with black cloth tape and embellish… more

Date: 1950/2000

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Meeting Minutes from Galveston Chamber of Commerce, April 21, 1950]

Meeting Minutes from Galveston Chamber of Commerce discussing the Oleander Festival. The minutes also discuss the Texas State Highway Commission's inspection of highway projects in Galveston.

Date: April 21, 1950

Creator: Galveston Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Text

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[News Script: College capers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a western-themed celebration at Texas Christian University, with students enjoying cowboy costumes, sack races, and pie-eating contests.

Date: March 20, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Redbud festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual Redbud Festival at Texas State College for Women in Denton, celebrating the blooming of thousands of redbud flowers on campus.

Date: March 20, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Music festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a music festival in Highland Park attended by students from area high schools.

Date: March 21, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boys at Pecan Springs School Festival]

Photograph of a group of young boys walking in a circle at a festival for the Pecan Springs School. They are wearing dark-colored pants and Native American headdresses.

Date: May 18, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.303138 -97.676318

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Dancers at Pecan Springs School Festival]

Photograph of a group of children dancing around in a circle at a festival for the Pecan Springs School. The boys and girls are alternated and reaching for each others' hands, possibly performing a square dance.

Date: May 18, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.303138 -97.676318

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Young Girls at Pecan Springs School Festival

Photograph of a group of young girls dancing around a circle at a festival for the Pecan Springs School. They are wearing light-colored dresses and butterfly wings.

Date: May 18, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.303138 -97.676318

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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[News Clip: Melon festival]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Mineola Watermelon Festival.

Date: July 26, 1951

Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Melon festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Mineola Watermelon Festival.

Date: July 26, 1951

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections