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[Dr. Francis E. Abernethy Playing String Bass]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Francis E. Abernethy, member of the East Texas String Ensemble, playing string bass at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is smiling and wearing a straw cowboy hat and a striped shirt. A microphone is set up to the left of him. A shade canopy is hanging overhead.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dr. John M. Hales Making Bread]

Description: Photograph of John M. Hales demonstrating how to knead dough as part of his bread-making school at the Texas Folklife Festival. He is wearing a chef's hat, black frame glasses, a blue plaid shirt and a white apron. He is handling a large batch of dough on the table in front of him.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Duckens Family Singers]

Description: Photograph of the Duckens Family Singers at the Texas Folklife Festival. A group of nineteen African-American family members, men and women, are posing for the photograph on the grass in front of a wooden building. Some of them are kneeling down in the front but most of them are standing. Each member is either wearing a blue t-shirt that says, "Duckens Family", or just a plain blue shirt. Most of them are smiling.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dutch Dochters En Hun Moeder Molly]

Description: Photograph of Dutch Dochters En Hun Moeder Molly at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, three women sing on the stage. Five children are seated on the edge of the stage, while a guitarist is visible in the background. Individuals wear traditional Dutch garments.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[East German Youth Orchestra]

Description: Photograph of the East German Youth Orchestra performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, young people stand in formation as they play trumpets. Cloth flags are attached to the trumpets. Male musicians wear white shirts and khaki pants, while female musicians wear white blouses and khaki skirts. Flagpoles are visible in the background.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[East German Youth Orchestra Performers]

Description: Photograph of the East German Youth Orchestra performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, young people march in formation as they play trumpets. Cloth flags are attached to the trumpets. Male musicians wear white shirts and khaki pants, while female musicians wear white blouses and khaki skirts. They stand underneath a canopy composed of yellow, red, tan, and blue pieces of fabric. A banner reads: "Willkommen."
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[East German Youth Orchestra Performing]

Description: Photograph of the East German Youth Orchestra performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, young people march in formation as they play drums and trumpets. Cloth flags are attached to the trumpets. Male musicians wear white shirts and khaki pants, while female musicians wear white blouses and khaki skirts. The Institute of Texan Cultures is visible behind them.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ed J. Kadlecek, Jr. and Children Performing]

Description: Photograph of Ed J. Kadlecek, Jr. and children, from New Braunfels, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. Ed is on the right playing an accordion. His three children, two girls and one boy all wearing gray lederhosen, are on the left sharing a microphone as they sing.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Eliseo and Nieves Torres at Mexican Folk Medicine and Folk Beliefs Booth]

Description: Photograph of Eliseo and Nieves Torres in the Mexican Folk Medicine and Folk Beliefs booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Both are seated. Eliseo, left, holds a taxidermy snake. He wears a patterned shirt, khaki pants, glasses, and a straw hat. Nieves, right, wears a floral skirt and white blouse. Photographs and artifacts are displayed in the booth.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Ellis Posey, Storyteller]

Description: Photograph of Ellis Posey, storyteller, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Posey speaks into a microphone as he gestures with his right hand. He wears a white t-shirt, name tag, and glasses.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Entrance Gate 4]

Description: Photograph of entrance gate 4 at the Texas Folklife Festival. People are lined up waiting to get into the festival. Festival staff are taking tickets at the turnstiles. A poster advertising the 1978 festival is hanging on the fence.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fabric at Laotian Booth]

Description: Photograph of the Laotian booth at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two women stand next to a table upon which pieces of fabric are arranged. Paintings are hung behind them.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Fandango Dancers at Frontier Fort on Kid's Day]

Description: Photograph of Fandango Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, young dancers perform on a patch of grass. Female dancers wear dresses which they lift up as they spin. Male dancers stand between the female dancers. They wears sombreros, dark jackets, dark pants, white dress shirts, and ties. The dancers perform in front of Frontier Fort on Kid's Day.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Father Bolyan and Weeping Icon]

Description: Photograph of Father Bolyan at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Father Bolyan, a Russian Orthodox priest from Christ on the Hill Monastery, stands with a weeping icon from the monastery. A painting of a dragon and a horse hangs on the wall behind the icon.
Date: [1994-08-04..1994-08-07]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Federal Communications Commission Order for Change in Facilities, Eugene J. Roth, April 4, 1947]

Description: An Order for Change in Facilities granted by the Federal Communications Commission. The Order was in response to the application of Eugene J. Roth, trading as Mission Broadcasting Company in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: April 4, 1947
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Felicitas Latlip's War Ration Book One]

Description: War Ration Book One that belonged to Felicitas Latlip. Felicitas Latlip's address and physical description is recorded. The booklet contains 2 unused ration stamps for a variety of goods.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Female Alabama-Coushatta Indian Dancers]

Description: Photograph of female Alabama-Coushatta Indian dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. They are standing side by side just outside of the covered booth area, wearing pioneer skirts and blouses, decorated with Indian jewelry and sashes. They all have their hair in long pigtails but the two women on the right have theirs in braids whereas the two younger girls on the left do not. All of them are holding square woven baskets. In the right background, an Indian man in a headdress is playi… more
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Female Dancer from Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association Doing the Limbo]

Description: Photograph of an African-American dancer from the Trinidad and Tobago Cultural Association in Houston doing the Limbo at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a black leotard with red patterned material around her waist and her head. She is leaning back, attempting to pass under the bar as festival visitors watch in the background.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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