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[Johnny T. Neal, Jr. Making Horsehair Rope]

Description: Photograph of Johnny T. Neal, Jr. using twister to make horsehair rope at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, a collared shirt, and jeans, he is holding one end of the rope while a young man twists the horsehair in a machine with a manual crank.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Juan Martinez Demonstrating How to Thatch a Roof]

Description: Photograph of Juan Martinez demonstrating how to thatch a roof at the opening ceremonies of the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat and tan plaid shirt, he is laying out plant stalks on a table. A little boy is standing on the right.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Folk Dancers from San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of the Lebanese Folk Dancers from San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three women wearing long red and green dresses are dancing with tambourines onstage in front of a large Lebanese flag.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lebanese Folk Dancers from San Antonio Performing]

Description: Photograph of the Lebanese Folk Dancers performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. They are forming a circle, facing outwards. The women are wearing long red skirts with green vests and the men are wearing white shirts, black vests, and black harem pants. All the dancers are barefoot.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Life-Size Doll at Treadle Sewing Machine]

Description: Photograph of a life-sized doll sitting at a treadle sewing machine in the Fiber Designer's Display at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The doll, dressed as a pioneer woman, is positioned to look like she is sewing on the machine. The black sewing machine is built into a wooden table on which a white basket of yarn is sitting.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lijauco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble]

Description: Photograph of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing the tinikling dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some dancers are on the ground, tapping bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The women are wearing brightly colored plaid dresses and the men are wearing white shirts and red pants with red bandannas around their necks.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Lijauco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble Tinkiling with Audience Members]

Description: Photograph of the Lijuaco Bayanihan Dance Ensemble, from Laredo, Texas, performing the tinikling dance with audience members at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Some dancers are on the ground, tapping bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers and audience members who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The stage is filled with people. The female dancers are wearing brightly colored plaid dresses and the men are wearin… more
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Living History Performers at Frontier Fort]

Description: Photograph of Living History performers demonstrating daily life at Frontier Fort at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. On the left, a woman in pioneer clothing is washing clothes on a washboard. A man wearing a Civil War era military uniform is standing to the right of her, holding a rifle. Right behind them, a stone house is visible.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Cutting Meat in Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of a man cutting meat on a cutting board in the Smokehouse at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing overalls and a white shirt, slicing the meat with a meat carver.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Man Playing Tin Whistle on Irish Stage]

Description: Photograph of a man playing tin whistle on the Irish stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He is wearing a newsboy cap, a yellow shirt, and navy pants as he plays the whistle into a microphone. Behind him a woman is playing piano and smiling.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Marcia Breaz Singing]

Description: Photograph of Marcia Breaz, of the band Hickory, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a bright blue tank top jumpsuit with white fringe across the top, she is singing into a microphone held by a stand on which a tambourine is hanging.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Middle Eastern Dancers From San Antonio]

Description: Photograph of Middle Eastern dancers from San Antonio performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Three women are wearing belly dancing outfits: blue tops with loose rainbow striped pants. They are dancing onstage in front of a large Lebanese flag.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Milking Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a milking demonstration sponsored by the Alamo Area Dairy Goat Association within the Texas Folklife Festival, in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a young man is seating on a concrete block, milking a goat as festival participants watch.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Neal Wright Building Chimney]

Description: Photograph of Neal Wright, from Koontze, building a chimney at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing overalls, moccasins, and a cowboy hat, he is standing on a roof of wooden shingles, adding bluejack clay to the top of the chimney.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Pauline Mery Performing Lebanese Folk Dance]

Description: Photograph of Pauline Mery performing a Lebanese folk dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. She is wearing a copper-colored belly dancing outfit and is dancing with her hands raised in the air. She has short brown hair and is smiling.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[People Dancing at Cajun Stage]

Description: Photograph of people dancing in front of the Cajun Stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two couples are visible dancing as a band performs on stage. The area is shaded with trees.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Peter Breaz Playing Guitar]

Description: Photograph of Peter Breaz, of the band Hickory, playing bass guitar at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a football jersey t-shirt, he is playing a wood-colored bass guitar and singing into a microphone. He has long reddish brown hair and a beard.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polynesian Dancers Performing]

Description: Photograph of Pau's Keolaomaui Polynesian Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two women wearing grass skirts and elaborate fan-shaped headdresses are dancing and waving grass pom-poms.
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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