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[Young Children Playing]

Description: Slide of children playing at the Children's Toyland and Barnyard section at the Texas Folklife Festival. A boy and girl are playing on top of a fiberglass horse. Another boy is playing in the attached buggy and a girl in the foreground is watching them play.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Wurstfest Opa Band Performance]

Description: Slide of the Wurstfest Opa Band, of New Braunfels, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are four members in the foreground and they are playing trumpets, trombones and the accordion.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Saxophonist of the Wurstfest Opa Band]

Description: Slide of the Wurstfest Opa Band, from New Braunfels, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a young saxophonist in the foreground showing his profile and an older saxophonist in the background facing the camera.
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

[Alabama-Coushatta Food Booth]

Description: Slide of two women of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe at a food that serves barbecued beef and sassafras tea in the Indian Village of the Texas Folklife Festival. They are wearing Native American accessories and jewelry. There are bins in front of them on a table with the food.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tigua Woman Weaving]

Description: Slide of a woman of the Tigua tribe using a piece of equipment to demonstrate Tigua weaving techniques. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
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

[Native American Dancers]

Description: Slide of one man of the Apache tribe and two men of the Alabama-Coushatta in full Native American dancing outfits at the Texas Folklife Festival. They all have feathered accessories on their heads and the two on the left have similar outfits with large feathered accessories attached to their backs while the Apache on the left does not.
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

[Alabama-Coushatta Woman]

Description: Slide of a female dancer of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is in a Native American dress with matching jewelry and accessories.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Irish Food Booth]

Description: Slide of people getting food from the Irish food booth that was sponsored by the Harp and Shamrock Society of Texas. There is a man serving them food from trays. All three of them are wearing green hats. This was taken at the Texas Folklife Festival.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jewish Choir Performing]

Description: Slide of the San Antonio Jewish Community Center Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. There are children in the first row and mostly women in the rest of the choir, there are a few men in the very back. All of the women are all in long sleeved dresses in solid colors.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Tending Food]

Description: Slide of a food booth in the Mexican Market section of the Texas Folklife Festival. There is a man with a large knife who is tending a large piece of meat that is standing vertical on a metal skewer. The meat is in front of red hot coals. There is also a piece of pineapple on top of the meat on the skewer.
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

[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

[Performance by the Walker-Ford Singers]

Description: Slide of the Walker-Ford Singers, from San Antonio, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. They were directed by Oscar Ford who is standing on the right with his back turned. There is a male soloist at the microphone performing and a choir behind him. The choir is clapping as they sing.
Date: [1974-09-12..1974-09-15]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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