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[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in rows, holding the hands of their partners high above their heads as other dancers duck below their arms. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants. People watch the performance around three sides of the raised stage.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Peter Breaz Performing with the Hickory and the Tennessee Valley Authority Jam Session]

Description: Photograph of Peter Breaz performing with the Hickory and Tennessee Valley Authority Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Peter is playing a guitar and singing into a microphone, wearing a pair of jeans and a white satin shirt with red cuffs.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Joe Newton]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Joe stands with his arm outstretched, tipping his hat to the photographer. He wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Joe Newton and Jack Maguire]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Jack Maguire, executive director at the Institute of Texas Cultures, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the right, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his left, Jack wears a short-sleeved plaid shirt tucked into dark pants.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Joe Newton and Roger Sackett]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Roger Sackett, Institute of Texas Cultures Docent, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the left, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his right, Roger wears a short-sleeved shirt with a patch sewn on the pocket with dark pants and a watch.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ronnie Fiedler Building Cowhide Chairs]

Description: Photograph of Ronnie Fiedler building cowhide chairs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ronnie is wearing a red shirt with white stripes, jeans, and a leather belt. He is stringing thin strips of leather through a wooden frame. Participants at the Festival watch Ronnie as he builds the chairs.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Irish Dancers]

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio Irish Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the young members on the group are dancing with members of the audience on the stage.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Smoky Wilson Announcing the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]

Description: Photograph of Smoky Wilson announcing a performance of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. A large crowd sits on the grassy hill around him as they prepare to watch the performance.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of storyteller Elizabeth Ellis at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Elizabeth is standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone in front of an audience of festival-goers. Elizabeth wears a short-sleeved shirt with a diamond-rope pattern on the front and shoulder, glasses, and bracelets on her wrist.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Suzann Thompson Crocheting A Blanket]

Description: Photograph of Suzann Thompson crocheting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Suzann is sitting by a table covered in blankets, wearing a white dress with a name-tag attached to it. She holds on crochet needle with her right hand while feeding the yarn with her left hand. A boy, her brother Van Thompson, sits behind her at a different table, holding a crochet needle and a piece of paper.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman and a small child are sitting in separate chairs, playing a large stringed instrument. Both the woman and child wear dresses made of the same fabric. The child wears an apron tied at the shoulders, and the woman wears her apron tied around her waist. Two members of the band are visible to the left and right of the photograph.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four men, each playing a different instrument, perform on a stage for participants of the festival.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tom Bingham Demonstrating Woodcarving]

Description: Photograph of Tom Bingham demonstrating wood carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Tom sits on a wooden chair, holding a block of wood with one hand, and a carving tool in another. A boy in front of Tom, holding a balloon and watching Tom work. Behind them, another man is standing and carving a piece of wood. Tom is a member of the Woodcarvers of Houston.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tom Bringham Demonstrating Wood-Carving]

Description: Photograph of Tom Bringham, from the Houston Area Woodcarvers at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Tom is carving a figurine of a Native American out of a thick tree branch. Tom wears a plaid shirt, jeans, and glasses.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Travis Kuykendall, Muleskinner from Uvalde, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Travis Kuykendall, a muleskinner from Uvalde, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Travis stands to the right of a mule, holding the reins with his left hand. Travis wears a plaid shirt tucked into a braided belt over denim jeans, a cowboy hat, and dark glasses.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas]

Description: Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are arranged in a circle. Every other dancer is of the opposite sex. The women wrap their hands around the necks of members next to them. Each man wraps his arms around the waists of then women next to her, lifting each woman in the air as they spin in a circle. The dancers are wearing white shirts with either red pants or red skirts.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Wheeler, Ed
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The male dancers are holding long metal spears and wearing white shirts with loose red pants and black cummerbunds. Two of the men are squatting on the ground with their spears extending underneath the feet of the other two dancers, who are jumping in the air with their spears raised.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Wheeler, Ed
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[United Fiddlers Association]

Description: Photograph of United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men and a woman play stringed instruments on a wooden stage. All three band members wear cowboy hats, shirts with tasseled fringe, and dark-colored pants.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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