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[News Script: Echeverria]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Mexico's president Luis Echeverria dedicating a joint Mexican-San Antonio Cultural Institute.
Date: June 19, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Echeverria]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story the president of Mexico, Luis Echeverria, landing in San Antonio at the Randolph Aiir Force Base to a warm welcome.
Date: June 19, 1972, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Grilling Tortillas]

Description: Photograph of a woman making "Maria's Tortillas" at the Texas Folklife Festival. "Maria's tortillas" are hand-patted, grilled corn tortillas, buttered and topped with cheddar cheese and salsa, a favorite food at San Antonio Conservation Society's "Night in Old San Antonio". The photograph is taken from behind the counter where tortillas are being made so that the griddle is visible. Two tortillas lay cooking on the iron griddle while a woman prepares another ball of dough from the large bowl of… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Woman Rolling Tortilla Dough]

Description: Photograph of two women making "Maria's Tortillas" under white patio umbrellas at the Texas Folklife Festival. "Maria's Tortillas" are hand-patted, grilled corn tortillas, buttered and topped with cheddar cheese and salsa, a favorite food at San Antonio Conservation Society's "Night in Old San Antonio". The woman featured is standing on the right, rolling a ball of tortilla dough and wearing a colorful floral blouse. She is standing next to an iron griddle on which she grills the tortillas. In … more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pots of Boiling Corn]

Description: Photograph of several large black pots of boiling corn in the Mexican market at the Texas Folklife Festival. Each pot is steaming and situated above a coal burning furnace. In the middle ground, a young worker is shoveling coal into one of the furnaces while an older man watches. In the background a piñata booth is visible.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Members of Ballet de Los Niños Performing]

Description: Photograph of two young Mexican-American dancers, members of Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio, dancing in costumes onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. A boy and a girl are partner dancing. The girl is wearing a yellow dress with a wide ruffled skirt with pink, purple and white trim, which she is twirling. She has braids and yellow bows in her hair. The boy is facing her, wearing black pants, a white shirts and a red tie. One of his arms is up in the air. Behind the girl, another female … more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Mexican-American Dancers Twirling Their Skirts]

Description: Photograph of a two Mexican-American girls, members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, dancing in costumes onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are young, but not children. They are grasping their long traditional ruffled skirts twirling them about. The girl in the left foreground is wearing a green dress, the girl in the right background is wearing a blue dress.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Two Flamenco Dancers Performing Together]

Description: Photograph of Manolo Valente and Teresa Champion, members of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are dancing together, Champion on the right and Valente on the left. Champion is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with a floral patterned skirt colored red, yellow, orange and black. She is also wearing a long red scarf around her neck and yellow flowers on her head. She is facing Valente but standing to his side, her left arm in front of his right. Va… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Members of Ballet Folklorico Performing]

Description: Photograph of Mexican-American female dancers, members of the Ballet Folklorico from San Antonio, performing onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are dancing and waving their large ruffled skirts around. Each one is wearing a different colored dress: light blue, orange, green, red, and dark blue. The performance is at night.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancers at the Texas Foklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two children performing El Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance)at the Texas Folklife Festival. A girl and boy are dancing around a sombrero that rests on the stage. The boy is wearing a traditional black and silver charro costume and the girl is wearing a green and red skirt with a white short-sleeved peasant blouse. Other dancers are partially visible behind the couple. The performance is in the evening and the silhouette of spectators can be seen in the background against the dark… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Mexican-American Girls Performing Traditional Dance]

Description: Photograph of young Mexican-American girls, members of the Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio, doing a traditional Mexican dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are dressed in colorful, knee-length dresses with fluffy, ruffled skirts. A crowd has gathered on all sides of the stage.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet de Los Niños Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio, performing a Mexican folk dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. Four boys and four girls are visible onstage. The boys are wearing black pants, colored sashes, and solid color shirts, each one a different color. The girls are wearing traditional dresses, either blue or red.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet de Los Niños Performing a Spanish Dance]

Description: Photograph of the Ballet de Los Niños from San Antonio performing a Spanish dance at the Texas Folklife Festival. All of the dancers onstage are female, dressed in black and white polka dotted dresses with red trim. Each one also wears a red flower on her head. They are spread out on the stage, grasping their skirts and swinging them around. Spectators have gathered on all sides of the stage to watch the performance.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of children performing El Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance) at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two boys and two girls are onstage, each facing their partner. The boys have knelt down in front of the girls, handing off their sombreros to their partner. The girls are putting the sombreros on. The boys are wearing traditional charro costumes: black with silver trim. The girls are wearing green and red skirts with short-sleeved white blouses. The photograph is taken from the back of the st… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of dancers performing dances from the Mexican Revolution onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two girls dressed in white pants and shirts, portraying "Adelitas" stand in front, wearing sombreros and holding rifles over their shoulders. Behind them, a group of female dancers in traditional clothing dance and twirl their ruffled skirts around.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio performing a Spanish dance onstage at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performance is at night. There are six women dressed in midriff tops and long colorful skirts, dancing in front of two men who are playing classical guitar. Several people have gathered in front of the stage to watch. Women are (left to right) Dolly Mendez, Brenda Wheeler, Teresa Champion, Rosalina "Chayito" Champion, and Sylvia Davis. Guitarist on right is Willie "El Curro" Cha… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Teresa Champion Performing Flamenco Dance]

Description: Photograph of Teresa Champion, artistic director of Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is grasping her yellow, black and red skirt, gathering it up to enable her feet to be seen. Her right foot is pointed out and she is leaning slightly towards it. She is also wearing a black long-sleeve fitted shirt, a pinkish red scarf around her neck and a yellow flower on her head. Two guitar players are partially visible behind her, as well as another female da… more
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of three female Mexican-American dancers performing Flamenco at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girls are dancing onstage, lined up in a row. They are all wearing the same dress: yellow with black trim, with a large ruffled skirt. Each one also has a yellow flower on her head. Each dancer has her left arm raised up over her head. The photograph is taken from the back corner of the stage, looking out toward the audience. In the background, several spectators sit on a hill.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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