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[Drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces]

Photograph of the drummer of Jackie Callier and the Rambling Aces, a Cajun band from Port Arthur, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The drummer is playing a golden-colored drum set and wearing a white, short-sleeved, button-up shirt and black tie. Behind him, large yellow letters reading "Cajun Country" are displayed on a hill. To the right of him, a black net is stretching from the ground up to some point not visible in the photograph.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[East Texas String Ensemble performs]

Photograph of the East Texas String Ensemble, from Nacogdoches, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The band is made up of four male members, each playing an instrument. Starting from the left, there is a violin or fiddle player, a banjo player, a guitarist, and a upright bassist. The band is performing outdoors on a stage. Two microphones are set up for vocals.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Entrance to Polish Area]

Photograph of the entrance to the Polish area outside of the Institute of Texan Cultures building at the Texas Folklife Festival. The entrance is denoted by a large archway of paper decorations: red, blue, and white flowers. Visible through the arch, there are red letters hanging from a string of banners that read, "Texas Polonia". Under that another sign reads, "Polish". The Institute of Texas Cultures Building is visible on the left. Festival visitors are sitting and walking through the area.… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Entrance to the Mexican Market]

Photograph of the entrance sign to the Mexican Market at the Texas Folklife Festival. The market is a small sampler of the Mexican area at 'Night in Old San Antonio', an annual Fiesta San Antonio event sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society. The photograph shows crowds of people walking around and mingling in the foreground, all the way into the background. In the middleground, a green banner is hanging over the crowd that reads "Mexican Market" in white letters, outlined in red. Bel… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Evelyn Johnson Displaying Homemade Soaps]

Photograph of Evelyn Johnson, from Mesquite, displaying lye soap in the pioneer lye soap booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is dressed in a pioneer dress and bonnet. Three different containers on the booth's table contain bars of handmade lye soap. In front of Johnson is a ceramic mixing bowl. Festival visitors have gathered in front of the booth and some are talking to her.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Feeding Sugar Cane into the Mill]

Photograph of a man feeding sugar cane into a cane mill at the Texas Folklife Festival. The man is putting two stalks of sugar cane into the iron mechanism which grinds them into sugar. The grinder rests on a base made of wooden logs.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Female Singer-Guitarist Performs]

Photograph of Ann Kennedy, Irish-American singer-guitarist from San Antonio, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is sitting in a chair on an outdoor stage beside two microphones. She is wearing orange-red pants, a long-sleeved white blouse, a lime-green vest, and glasses. She is turned slightly away from the microphones, strumming her guitar and gazing toward the ground offstage. In the background, a parking lot full of cars is visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Flipping Gymnasts]

Photograph of the SOKOL Precision Gym Team members performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The team is directed by Bob Trojacek and is representing the Czech Polka Festival in Ennis. The photograph is taken close to the stage and features two pairs of gymnasts, back to back, arms interlocked. The gymnasts facing the back of the stage are flipping their partner up over their head. The gymnasts being flipped have their legs straight up in the air and their toes pointed. All gymnasts are wearin… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fort Griffin Fandangle Sample Performance]

Photograph of the Fort Griffin Fandangle sampler performance at the Texas Folklife Festival. The Fort Griffin Fandangle is an original musical written and performed in Albany, Texas. The stage is crowded with actors, all of which are wearing western style costumes: the men dressed as cowboys, the women in pioneer dresses. Near center stage, two actors are displaying a green flag with an image of a longhorn. Audience members are visible in the foreground.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fort Griffin Fandangle the Musical]

Photograph of the Fort Griffin Fandangle sampler performance at the Texas Folklife Festival. The Fort Griffin Fandangle is an original musical written and performed in Albany, Texas. The stage is crowded with actors, all of which are wearing western style costumes: the men dressed as cowboys, the women in saloon dresses. The photograph is taken from far back in the audience and captures the whole stage. Above the stage is the dark night sky.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Four Men Playing Dominoes]

Photograph of four men sitting at a square wooden table, playing a game of dominoes at the Texas Folklife Festival. One of the men looks at his dominoes and the others are looking at the dominoes that have been played.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Frontier Children's Toyland Booth]

Photograph of the Frontier Children's Toyland booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. The booth is displaying pioneer era toys. A sign at the top of the booth reads, "Children's Frontier Toyland, Games, Puppets, Hay Wagon". On the left side of the booth a few women and children are gathered, talking to the booth workers. On the right side, toys are laid out on a table. In the background, a hay wagon and other festival booths are visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancers]

Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man and woman dressed in traditional German clothing are holding hands and facing each other. The man is smiling and wearing yellow knee-high socks, navy lederhosen, a white shirt, red tie and a brown hat. The woman is wearing a knee-length yellow and black dress, a red apron and white blouse. Other dancing couples are visible around them.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancing]

Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man and woman dressed in traditional German clothing are dancing together outside. The colors of their clothing are red, yellow, black, gray, and white. Behind them, other pairs of dancers as well as people watching the performance are visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German Folk Dancing Couple]

Photograph of the Cameron German Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival. A man and woman dressed in traditional German clothing are dancing together outside. The colors of their clothing are red, yellow, black, gray, and white. In the background, pennant flags and spectators are visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[German-Texan Furniture Making Demonstration]

Photograph of Newton O. Peschel from Winedale at the German-Texan furniture making booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Peschel, standing behind a table at the booth, is pointing out information to two visitors who are looking at a pamphlet obtained from the table. Two wooden chairs are on the table for display, one on either side of Peschel.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Girl and Boy Berm Sliding]

Photograph of a girl and boy berm sliding at the Texas Folklife Festival. The girl is in the foreground sitting on a piece of cardboard or plastic with her knees pulled into her chest and her arms at her side. She appears to be trying to nudge herself to a start. The boy is in the background at the top of the hill, in the same position as the girl.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

["Grandma's Workshop" Booth]

Photograph of "Grandma's Workshop" in which Emma Oettinger is displaying her rag dolls, afghans, and quilts at the Texas Folklife Festival. Oettinger, from San Antonio, is on the right side of the photograph, explaining how to make rag dolls to two visitors. To the left, a group of people are looking at the variety of quilts, dolls, pillows, and afghans on display. The booth has a sign overhead in the foreground that displays information about the booth, as well as paper cut-outs of rag dolls. … more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Greek Food Booth]

Photograph of a woman in the Greek food booth, sponsored by St. Sophia Greek Orthodox church of San Antonio, at the Texas Folklife Festival. The young woman working in the booth is laughing and waving her hand, which is covered with a plastic glove, toward the camera. On the surface in front of her are many small plates of food which have been wrapped in plastic. Behind her, two other booth workers, a man and woman, are visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Greek Music and Dance Performance]

Photograph of Kali Pauli (The Good Crowd), from San Antonio, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The performers are gathered on an outdoor stage around two microphones. Closest to the microphone are two women in white dresses who are singing, and a man wearing a green hat and playing a stringed instrument. Behind them are other women and two men dressed in white shirts and brown baggy trousers that are gathered just below the knee. The performance is at night but there is ample stage lig… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gymnast Balancing On One Foot]

Photograph of one of the SOKOL Precision Gym Team members, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The team is directed by Bob Trojacek and is representing the Czech Polka Festival in Ennis. The photograph is taken close to the stage, featuring one gymnast who is wearing a dark blue sleeveless leotard with a red belt. She is balancing on her left foot with her arms reaching out to her left. Her right foot is pointed out in front of her, close to the ground. Behind the gymnast, red, blue and … more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gymnasts Streching Overhead]

Photograph of the SOKOL Precision Gym Team, directed by Bob Trojacek, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The team is representing the Czech Polka Festival in Ennis. The seven gymnasts are performing on an outdoor stage at night. They are arranged in a staggered formation, four in the front and three in the back. Three gymnasts are wearing sleeveless black leotards and the other four are wearing black shorts and sleeveless white shirts. All seven gymnasts are wearing pink belts. Behind t… more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Gymnasts With Arms Outstretched]

Photograph of the SOKOL Precision Gym Team, directed by Bob Trojacek, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The team is representing the Czech Polka Festival in Ennis. The photograph is taken close to the stage where five gymnasts are visible, standing in a staggered formation. Three gymnasts are in the front and two are in the back. The two gymnasts in the front on the left are wearing dark blue leotards while the rest are wearing dark shorts and white sleeveless shirts. All gymnasts are … more

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Half Finished Log Cabin]

Photograph of the pioneer log house raising at the Texas Folklife Festival. The project is directed by Arnold Griffin, a rancher and building contractor in Devine. The walls of the log cabin have been built but the roof has not yet been constructed. Festival visitors look in and around the partially finished cabin. In the background, crowds of people are visible. A couple of tents and strings of pennant flags are also visible.

Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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