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- [1979 Confirmation Class of Danevang Lutheran Church]
- Color photograph of the 1979 Confirmation class at the Danevang Lutheran Church, made up of two girls and two boys who are standing between two banisters inside their church. They are all sporting red religious robes. A candelabrum is partially visible behind them. A chair sits in the background to the right of them.
- [Accordionist at Polish Booth]
- Photograph of a male accordionist performing in the Polish booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is looking at the camera and leaning backwards as he plays his black and white accordion. He is wearing a patterned head wrap and a black vest with red, green and yellow detail. A sign behind him says, "Only 6 tickets, Polish Sausage".
- [Accordionist for Round Top Brass Band]
- Photograph of a male accordionist performing with the Round Top Brass Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has a handlebar mustache and is smiling as he plays his black and white accordion. He is wearing a brown corduroy visor and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
- [Accordionist with Round Top Brass Band]
- Photograph of a male accordionist performing with the Round Top Brass Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has a mustache and is playing a black and white accordion. He is wearing a brown corduroy visor and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. A tuba player is visible behind him on the right.
- [Agenda of the LULAC National Executive Board Meeting, July 14, 1979]
- Agenda for a League of United Latin American Citizens National Executive Board Meeting, printed on LULAC letterhead. The meeting was held at Ramada Inn in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 14, 1979.
- [Alabama-Coushatta Dancers]
- Photograph of a group of Alabama-Coushatta dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Standing on the left are three boys in traditional clothing: fluffy fur boots, red and orange shirts and skirts, beaded sashes, and fans of feathers on their backs. A young girl is standing in the middle wearing pigtails, and a brown blouse and skirt with yellow and orange trim. On the right is a woman in a green dress with orange and yellow trim, wearing a beaded crown and a sash that says, "Pow Wow Princess".
- [Alabama-Coushatta Indian Dancer]
- Photograph of an Alabama-Coushatta dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in traditional dress: shirtless, with a red and black beaded necklace; a blue beaded sash; a light blue beaded headband; a brown, black, and white, feather mohawk; and a fan of blue, white, pink, and black, feathers on his back. Another Indian boy is to the left in a predominately green outfit.
- [Alamo City Highlanders Performing]
- Photograph of the Alamo City Highlanders performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band members are standing in a circle, with the band leader in the center. Everyone is in Highland dress and playing a bagpipe. The band leader is wearing a traditional feather bonnet and holding a baton.
- [Alvina Paul Cutting Dough to Make Wendish Noodles]
- Photograph of Alvina Paul slicing dough to make Wendish noodles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a bonnet, a shawl, and an apron as she cuts thin pieces of dough, adding them to a pile of noodles on the left.
- [Alvina Paul Holding Wendish Noodles]
- Photograph of Alvina Paul holding a pile of Wendish noodles in the Wendish Heritage Society booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The noodles are thinly cut and have not yet been cooked. Alvina is wearing a white blouse with a red shawl and a red and white bonnet.
- [Alvina Paul Making Noodles]
- Photograph of Alvina Paul showing how to make noodles in the Wendish Heritage Society booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. With a rolling pin, she is rolling out the dough from which she will cut the noodles. She is wearing a red bonnet, glasses, a white blouse, and a white apron. Two women are watching her from the other side of the table.
- [Alvina Paul Preparing Wendish Noodles]
- Photograph of Alvina Paul slicing dough to make Wendish noodles at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a bonnet, a shawl, and an apron as she cuts thin pieces of dough, adding them to a pile of noodles on the left.
- [Ameleb Lebanese Dancer]
- Photograph of an Ameleb Lebanese dancer performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She has curly brown hair and is wearing a cream-colored belly-dancing outfit, decorated with gold coins. Two other dancers are visible in the background.
- [American Honey Princess at Beekeeper's Booth]
- Photograph of the American Honey Princess giving samples of honey in the beekeeper's booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is standing in the left foreground giving a spoonful of honey to a festival visitor to sample. She is wearing a white dress, a tiara, and a sash displaying her title. An assortment of honey jars are displayed on the table in front of her. In the middle ground, another woman behind the booth is giving a sample to another visitor.
- [Andy Owens Carving the F Hole of a Violin]
- Photograph of Andy Owens, from Old Time String Shop in Nacogdoches, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Crouched down beside his work surface, he is carving one of the F holes out of a violin. He has curly brown hair and a medium-length beard.
- [Andy Owens Making an Instrument]
- Photograph of Andy Owens, from Old Time String Shop in Nacogdoches, Texas, making an instrument at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The open body of the instrument is being held by a vice while he works on the inside of it. Owens, wearing a plaid shirt, has shaggy brown hair and a dense beard.
- [Bagpipers of the Alamo City Highlanders Performing]
- Photograph of two pipers of the Alamo City Highlanders performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing traditional Highland dress, they are playing the bagpipes next to other band members.
- [Banjo Player with the Bluegrass Kinfolks]
- Photograph of the banjo player for the Bluegrass Kinfolks performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a white cowboy hat and a green patterned shirt, playing his banjo into a microphone.
- [Basil Garcia Giving Blacksmithing Demonstration]
- Photograph of Basil Garcia giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a blue and navy striped shirt, a straw cowboy hat, and jeans, standing next to a forge with a large open flame. An anvil and mallet are visible in the middle ground. Directly behind it, a group of five children and three adults are watching the demonstration.
- [Bassist for Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band]
- Photograph of the stand-up bassist for the Backwoods Volunteers Bluegrass Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a white shirt with blue trim and jeans. She has light brown curly hair and is singing into a microphone as she plays.
- [Belgium Mast]
- Photograph of a man hanging on to the top of a mast. The mast, which is raised quite high, has a cowbell attached at the top of it. Individuals on the ground look on. A booth in the background is decorated with a banner which is meant to look like the Belgian flag.
- [Bill Clayton and Pat Thatcher at Opening Ceremonies]
- Photograph of Texas House Speaker Bill Clayton with ITC exhibit floor manager, Pat Thatcher, at the Texas Folklife Festival opening ceremony. Clayton is on the right, standing next to a few other men. Thatcher is standing just to the left of him, wearing a dress from the early 20th century and a wide-brimmed hat decorated with flowers.
- [Bill Clayton Cutting Ribbon at Opening Ceremony]
- Photograph of Texas House Speaker, Bill Clayton, cutting a red and yellow ribbon at the opening ceremony of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has short gray hair and is wearing a white shirt with a tie. Standing next to him on the left is a woman wearing a white Kentucky Derby-style dress and hat. She is waving with her hand up in the air. Standing to the right of Clayton is a tall man with a dark beard wearing an off-white shirt and beige pants. The Institute of Texan Cultures building is visible in the background.
- [Bill for John J. Herrera from West Publishing Company, January 26, 1979]
- Installment statement from West Publishing Company to John J. Herrera reflecting a balance of $33.29.
- [Bill Sallee Making Whistles]
- Photograph of Bill Sallee, from Trader's Village in Grand Prairie, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a straw cowboy hat and big, black frame glasses, he is sitting at a table carving out a whistle from elm bark.
- [Black and White Chicken Flying Out of a Mailbox]
- Photograph of a white chicken with black speckles flying out of a mailbox as part of the chicken flying contest at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The mailbox is white and has a red chicken painted on it.
- [Blacksmithing Demonstration]
- Photograph of a brown-haired man giving a blacksmithing demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is in the foreground, wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, as he hammers a hot piece of metal on an anvil. A forge with an open flame is visible in the right middle ground.
- [Bob Goebel Serving German Sausage on a Stick]
- Photograph of Bob Goebel serving German Sausage on a stick in the Wursfest food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped shirt, brown lederhosen and a purple alpine hat, he is holding up a sausage and a roll, skewered together on a stick.
- [Bob Goebel Serving German Sausage on a Stick]
- Photograph of Bob Goebel serving German Sausage on a stick in the Wursfest food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped shirt, brown lederhosen and a purple alpine hat, he is holding up a sausage and a roll, skewered together on a stick.
- [Bob Goebel Serving Sausage on a Stick]
- Photograph of Bob Goebel serving sausage on a stick in the German food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing lederhosen and an alpine hat, he is holding a sausage skewered with a roll.
- [Boy at the Sugar Cane Mill]
- Photograph of a young blonde boy at the sugar cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has inserted a cane of sugar into the grinding mechanism which is powered by a horse walking around in a circle.
- [Boy Holding Horseshoe]
- Photograph of a red-haired boy holding a horseshoe in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding it up toward the camera so that his face is showing through it.
- [Boy Learning About Muzzleloaders]
- Photograph of two men teaching a boy about muzzleloaders in "Muzzleloading School" at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy is sitting in between the two men, who are dressed in Civil War era clothing and are showing him the muzzle of a rifle that is laid across their laps. They are all sitting on a stack of wooden shingles, in front of a log cabin.
- [Boy Learning Shingle Splitting]
- Photograph of a boy trying out shingle splitting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is holding a large mallet with both hands, hammering down on a stump of wood. A few other children and a couple of adults are watching him.
- [Boy Learning to Whittle]
- Photograph of a boy learning to whittle at whittling school at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has brown hair and is wearing a small straw hat and a green and white tank top. He is holding a small piece of wood, carving it with a small knife.
- [Boy Looking at Two Chickens]
- Photograph of a boy looking at two chickens in the Alamo Poultry Club exhibit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a striped polo shirt and shorts, the dark-haired boy is standing on the left, looking at a cage on the right containing two chickens. He has a big smile on his face.
- [Boy Standing Next to a Dairy Cow]
- Photograph of a young boy standing next to a light-colored dairy cow at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The blonde boy is on the right, smiling, and wearing a white and navy t-shirt, and red gym shorts. The cow is wearing a bell and a rope halter.
- [Boys Playing Wheelbarrow Game]
- Photograph of a blindfolded boy pushing another boy in a wheel barrow in Frontier Playland at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The boy riding is directing the blindfolded boy to push the wheelbarrow through a wooden arch. A young man is standing next to them to provide additional assistance.
- [Bread Bakers Making "Depression Bread"]
- Photograph of bread bakers making "Depression Bread" baked in coffee cans at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two bakers behind the booth are slicing the tall cylindrical loaves for customers to sample.
- [Bruce Montague Lassoing a Group of Children]
- Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, lassoing a group of children at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The group of children are sitting on a small hay bale and Montague is standing next to them. The very large lasso is enveloping all of them. A few spectators are gathered around to watch.
- [Bruce Montague Roping with Two Lassos]
- Photograph of Bruce Montague, trick roper, roping with two lassos at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is spinning one of the lassos around his waist while he steps into another smaller lasso near the ground. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
- [Bruce Montague Trick Roping]
- Photograph of Bruce Montague doing trick roping at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is standing on the grass spinning his lasso around. He is wearing a brown cowboy hat, a gold and purple plaid western shirt, brown pants and black boots. There are a few spectators in the background.
- [Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg]
- Photograph of the Bunny Brass Band from Fredericksburg at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A group of young men in solid color bunny suits are standing in a cluster playing instruments. Each member is wearing a different color suit. The band leader is in a blue bunny suit, facing the camera and holding a silver baton. Visible instruments include, trumpets, a saxophone, a marching band style bass drum, and more assorted drums.
- [Cajun Band Performing]
- Photograph of the Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The singer is out in front, holding a microphone and standing in front of a fiddler and an accordion player. A guitarist is standing on the right side of the stage and a bassist and lap steel player are on the far left. At the back of the stage is the drummer, amongst many amps and speakers. The stage is set up at the bottom of a brush-covered hill.
- [El Campo German Dancers Performing]
- Photograph of the El Campo German Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the foreground, a young man wearing lederhosen is twirling around a girl in a peasant-style dress. Other couples twirling onstage are visible in the background.
- [Card from P. F. Flores to John J. Herrera - 1979-09-11]
- Card in an envelope sent to Herrera from Rev. P. F. Flores, thanking John J. Herrera for his support and congratulations on his appointment as Archbishop of San Antonio. The envelope containing the card is addressed to John J. Herrera and stamped: "El Paso, Texas 799, 11 Sep. 1979."
- [Cart of Mexican Candy and Fruit]
- Photograph of a red roving cart filled with Mexican candy and fruit at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The cart is decorated with many different colors of paper flowers. Two young women are standing at the cart, ready to serve festival visitors. One of the young women is holding a watermelon and wearing a traditional Mexican dress, red with yellow embroidery.
- [Catherine Carpenter Making Jelly]
- Photograph of Catherine Carpenter making jelly in the jelly and preserves booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a peasant blouse, a long skirt, and protective gloves, she is squeezing a bundle of fruit gathered in cloth. The juice is going through a strainer and is gathered in a metal pot.
- [Catherine Carpenter Making Jelly]
- Photograph of Catherine Carpenter, from Mountain Home, making jelly at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a white peasant blouse, a yellow floral skirt, and protective blue gloves, she is squishing fruit wrapped in a white t-shirt.
- [Charles Davis Demonstrating Wood Carving]
- Photograph of Charles Davis, from Comfort, Texas, demonstrating wood carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The figure he is carving is laid out on an angled work surface, and looks like some kind of mythical creature with wings. Davis has shaggy brown hair and a mustache. He is wearing a white shirt and jeans.