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[Alsatian Dancers of Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Alsatian Dancers of Texas posing for a photo at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group consisting of women, children, and a man, all wearing traditional Alsatian clothing are gathered together facing the camera. The women are wearing the traditional giant bow bonnet with their folk dresses and aprons. The man and boys are wearing dark, flat-brimmed hats with vests, and string bow-ties.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[American Indian Man in Traditional Clothing]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Indian Heritage Society dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing traditional Indian clothing: a red tunic with long yellow fringe that hangs down from his shoulders, a colorful beaded sash and headband, and feathers fanning out from the back of his head. He is also wearing a yellow bandana. A black stripe is painted on his face, across his eyes. Behind him an elaborate headdress he is wearing on his back is partially visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[American Indian Woman in Traditional Clothing]

Description: Photograph of a Texas Indian Heritage Society dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a blue shirt and several red, white, and blue beaded necklaces. She also has a small feather plume in her hair. Some red and blue feathers are visible in the bottom right of the photograph. It looks like she is holding them but her hands are not visible. She is smiling at the camera and standing in front of a tall bush.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Amira Andera Preparing Food]

Description: Photograph of Amira Andera preparing food in the Lebanese food booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is pouring salt into a large white bucket that is sitting on the table in front of her. Other tables and the tent overhead are visible in the background, as well as a man standing on a chair.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ballet Folklorico de Navarro Performs]

Description: Photograph of Ballet Folklorico de Navarro performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The photograph is taken from a distance and shows an entire stage of male and female dancers, all wearing traditional Latin American clothing. The men are in the front of the stage kneeling down while the women are in the back twirling their skirts. Crowds of festival visitors are gathered at the front and the sides of the stage. Stacks of speakers are visible at the two front corners of the stage. A shade can… more
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bill Todd at Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of Bill Todd, from Round Rock, Texas, at Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat that has part of a raccoon skin on it. He is reaching up to grab some peppers that are hanging on a string. On the counter in front of him a couple of squash are visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Boy Spins Tops]

Description: Photograph of a young boy playing with tops at Lee Haile's folk toy display at the Texas Folklife Festival. The boy is wearing a straw cowboy hat and is pulling back on the string to release the top to begin spinning. The top is contained in a depressed area so that it does not spin off the table. A few other tops are visible lying on the table.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Broom Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of John Zukowski, from Alpine, Texas, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting on the left behind a table, demonstrating how to make a broom. Festival visitors are gathered on the right side of the photograph, watching. Several stalks of straw used to make the brooms are visible on the ground behind Zukowski and on the table in front of him.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Bruce Roark Playing a Banjo]

Description: Photograph of Bruce Roark, instrument maker from Devine, Texas at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a light-colored button-up shirt and glasses as he plays a banjo. Other stringed instruments are visible on the table in front of him. In the right background, an acoustic stand-up bass is leaning against a tree.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Buffalo Soldiers Stand at Attention]

Description: Photograph of the Buffalo Soldiers Living History Group at the Texas Folklife Festival. Six soldiers are lined up with their rifles in the shade next to a tree. They are wearing Civil War-era soldier uniforms with belts and brimmed hats. They are standing at attention, holding their rifles at their side. Their commanding officer is standing on the left, facing them.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cambodian Association of Houston Dancer]

Description: Photograph of a dancer from the Cambodian Association of Houston at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a traditional Cambodian dance costume: a robe covered with sparkling trim in a diamond pattern; and a heavily-ornamented, tall, pointy crown that fits like a helmet. She has short dark hair and is looking directly at the camera.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Cambodian Association of Houston Dancers Posing for a Photo]

Description: Photograph of the Cambodian Association of Houston Dancers posing for a photo at the Texas Folklife Festival. The five female dancers are standing next to one another, all dressed in elaborate traditional costumes. Each girl is wearing a robe adorned with sparkling trim, and a tall, pointy, heavily-ornamented crown, which covers their head like a helmet.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Charlie Currer and Dairy Goat]

Description: Photograph of Charlie Currer and a dairy goat at the Texas Folklife Festival. Currer is on the right, petting the goat. He is wearing a striped, short-sleeved shirt. The goat is in the middle, standing on a platform. It has a chain with a bell around its neck. On the left a young boy is petting the goat. A woman is standing behind the boy.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Making Hoecakes]

Description: Photograph of the Cisco Civic League's Hoecakes at the Texas Folklife Festival. Two children are making the hoecakes, named for the tool used to cook them. The cakes are being baked while sitting on the metal part of a hoe that is placed over hot coals. The two children stand on opposite sides of the pile of coals on the ground, each holding a hoe with two cakes on it. Behind them booths and festival visitors are visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Female Member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir Performing]

Description: Photograph of a female member of the Voices of Zion Community Choir performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is holding the microphone with one hand and the cord with the other as she sings and points her finger to the audience. She is wearing a sleeve-less, vertical-striped dress. Two male choir members are visible in the background. A canopy of greenery hangs overhead.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Folk Toy-Maker Lee Haile]

Description: Photograph of Lee Haile, folk toy-maker, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a plaid shirt and a cowboy hat, holding up a flute-like toy to his mouth. On the table beside him a few clothespins and wooden spools are visible. Festival visitors are partially visible in the foreground and to the left of him.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Group Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir]

Description: Photograph of the Voices of Zion Community Choir gathered for a group photograph at the Texas Folklife Festival. Approximately fifteen members of this African-American vocal group are standing together on the grass. Most of the members are women; they are wearing dresses or skirts. Some of them are wearing the same t-shirt.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Harp and Shamrock Singers Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Harp and Shamrock Singers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. The director is standing on the left, facing the singers on the right. The women are wearing long dresses with aprons and holding folders of sheet music. The men are standing behind the women and wearing light-colored pants, dark shirts, suspenders, and touring caps. In the background, a woman is accompanying the singers on piano. In the middle ground, three microphones are set up in front of the singers.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jesse Jones Explaining Toy Making]

Description: Photograph of Jesse Jones, with O'Connor Historical Group, at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is sitting at a table, demonstrating to two children how toys were made on ranches during his childhood. He is wearing a cowboy hat and a white western shirt as he pulls string from a spool. In the background, other booths and festival visitors are visible.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Cheering for Crawfish]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table cheering on a crawfish that is directly in front of him. His face is very animated.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Closely Watching Crawfish in Race]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. His face is very animated.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Excited About a Racing Crawfish]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited. His lips are pursed as if he is saying, "ooooh."
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Holding Crawfish]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is holding a crawfish up close to his face. He is very animated, with a large, open-mouth smile and squinted eyes.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jim Braud Smiling at Crawfish]

Description: Photograph of Jim Braud at the Cajun Crawfish Race at the Texas Folklife Festival. Braud, wearing a beret and a light-colored shirt, is crouched down at the side of the racing table closely watching a crawfish that is racing directly in front of him. He is very wide-eyed and excited, with a large, open-mouth smile on his face.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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