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1985 Confirmation

Description: Color photograph of a confirmation class dressed in white standing in front of the [Danevang Lutheran Church] whose door is open. Two girls are wearing white dresses and four boys are wearing white robes. An older man identified as Pastor Dan Lauderdale stands to the right of them and is wearing a red stole and a white robe embellished with red crosses. Each member of the class except for Pastor Lauderdale has a red flower pinned to their chest.
Date: 1985
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

90th Celebration

Description: Color photograph of the chapel inside of the Danevang Lutheran Church. A woman stands at the front of the chapel near the altar. At the center of the altar is a table on top of which are two lit candlesticks and a candelabra. Above the table hangs a cross. A few rows of pews are visible in the foreground.
Date: October 1985
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[90th Homecoming Celebration, Danevang Lutheran Church]

Description: Color photograph of a group of people gathered together for a meal in the mess hall at an unidentified location. Several adults are seated at long banquet tables covered in gingham-patterned table covers; many of them have platefuls of food in front of them. Some concession style windows where food is being served are visible to the left; a few people are lined up to be served. Above the windows is a banner that reads, "Vars' Co!" as well as a few Danish flag decals.
Date: October 1985
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Agenda for the San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc. Meeting - June 19, 1985]

Description: Agenda for the June 19, 1985 meeting of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. Items for discussion include the chapter's correspondence, treasury reports, committee reports, and current business. Included with the agenda is a blank form used for official committee reports.
Date: June 19, 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Alamo Bobbin Lacers Making Lace]

Description: Photograph of Sue Daeschner, of the Alamo Bobbin Lacers, making lace at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting on the right in the foreground with a large round cushion on the table in front of her. The piece that she is working on is attached to the cushion. She is using several bobbins to make the design, about 25 or so, each loaded with purple string. They are roughly the size and shape of pencils. The string from each bobbin has already been worked into the lace, and she is crossing thā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ameleb Lebanese Dancer Performing]

Description: Photograph of an Ameleb Lebanese Dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a silver belly dancing outfit, with a sheer blue skirt. She is dancing onstage alone with a few spectators visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ameleb Lebanese Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Ameleb Lebanese Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. Five men are side-by-side onstage with hands on each other's shoulders, kicking their feet. They are wearing green v-neck shirts, gold sashes around their waists, dark pants, and brown boots. Behind them, hanging across the back of the stage is a Lebanese flag. Offstage to the right, Lebanese women in traditional clothing are visible.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Anne Marrou Speaking to Visitors at a Chuckwagon]

Description: Photograph of Anne Marrou at a chuck wagon speaking to festival visitors at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a purple pioneer dress with a matching bonnet, facing the visitors who are on the right. On display on the chuck wagon's fold down table are three different kinds of rope, an antique rolling pin and wooden bowl, an iron rod, and a few types of barbed wire. Other festival booths are visible in the background.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Announcement of 1985 Western Area Scholarship Winners for The Links, Inc.]

Description: Announcement of two scholarship awards sponsored by The Links, Inc. won by high school students in the western United States. Kyra Papillon won sponsorship from the Oakland Bay Area Links to attend a forum for non-governmental organizations in Nairobi, Kenya. Simone Farber from Santa Fe, New Mexico, won a 1985 National Achievement Scholarship Award. There is a menu for a dinner inside the announcement.
Date: 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. Western Area.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ardy Feike Preparing Sausage in Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of Ardy Feike preparing sausage in the smokehouse booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Working atop a wooden table, he has packed ground meat into a metal chamber and is lowering a press to squeeze the meat out into casing to form sausages. To the left of him, prepared sausages are visible. On the right is a tray of ground meat, ready to be stuffed into sausages.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Arnold Griffin with Antique Tools]

Description: Photograph of Arnold Griffin with antique tools at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing behind a booth that has several axes and other woodcutting tools displayed on the counter. He is wearing a leather vest, a leather cowboy hat, a western shirt, khaki pants and black-rimmed glasses. He is holding a large axe that has a blade much longer than its head. The booth's counter curves back behind him and is covered with several other antique tools.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Basil Garcia Hammering Hot Metal Over an Anvil]

Description: Photograph of blacksmith Basil Garcia at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is in the foreground wearing jeans, suspenders, a navy t-shirt, and a black cap. He is standing behind an anvil, hammering a hot piece of metal over it. On the stand with the anvil is a variety of blacksmithing tools: different hammers, and tools for holding and shaping the metal. Behind Garcia to the right is the forge, which has flames emanating from it. Standing behind the forge is a woman wearing a blue shirt and a conā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bayou City Attic Singers]

Description: Photograph of the Bayou City Attic Singers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Six women are lined up onstage behind microphones all wearing the same pink shirt and navy skirt except the woman on the very right who is wearing pink pants and a white shirt. This woman is holding a songbook and singing into a microphone. The woman to the left of her is also singing. The other women are not singing.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Beverly Houston Performing with Breezin']

Description: Photograph of Beverly Houston performing with her band "Breezin'" onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is standing in the middle of the stage singing into a microphone. To the left of her are two guitar players. To the right, a man is playing a shaker and another man is standing behind a microphone. Three of the band members are wearing a "Breezin'" t-shirt. The two musicians on the right and Houston are wearing "Breezin'" baseball caps. A drum set and several amplifiers sit at the back ā€¦ more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Clark Making a Shingle]

Description: Photograph of Bill Clark making a shingle at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is straddling a work bench with the piece of wood in front of him. He is using a drawknife to shave the piece down to the proper shape. He is wearing overalls, sunglasses, and a straw cowboy hat.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Clark Making Shingles]

Description: Photograph of Bill Clark making shingles at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is straddling a wooden work bench shaving a flat piece of wood with a drawknife. He is wearing glasses, a straw cowboy hat, a brown shirt, and overalls.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blacksmith Shaping Metal]

Description: Photograph of blacksmith Al Morgan shaping a piece of metal at the Texas Folklife Festival. Using a hammer and chisel, he is working on a piece of metal atop an anvil. Several tools are visible on the work surface in front of him. A man is standing on the left, looking over his shoulder. The forge is visible a few feet behind Morgan.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blank Form: Note of gratitude for donations to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. on its 25th anniversary]

Description: Blank form letter used by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. to thank donors for their financial contributions to the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The blank letter is from the chapter's president, Margaret Winn, and features a standard response expressing gratitude as well as blank lines for an additional personal note.
Date: 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Blank Form: Reflections, Renewals, Rewards]

Description: Blank form used by the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. to solicit advertisements from businesses for their Anniversary Chronicle. Interested businesses should return the completed form to Barbara Lawrence with their check enclosed.
Date: 1985
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bob and Sylvester Duckens of the Duckens Family Singers]

Description: Photograph of Bob Duckens and Sylvester Duckens Jr. at the Texas Folklife Festival. Standing behind a microphone, Bob is on the left and Sylvester is on the right. Bob is wearing a blue shirt and navy pants, Sylvester is wearing a blue "Dodgers" baseball shirt and khaki pants. A canopy of greenery is hanging overhead.
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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