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[Susie Tolman at the Czech Egg Decorating Booth]

Description: Photograph of Susie Tolman at the Czech egg decorating ("kraslice" in Czech) booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing white peasant blouse and a red skirt. Her hair is braided on her head with flowers. She is standing behind a display of meticulously painted eggs enclosed in a glass case. Each egg is sitting on a decorative stand. Right in front of her is a decoration made of short white sticks and painted eggs. It forms a cross at the top. A purple sign for the booth is visible be… more
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]

[Suzann Thompson Crocheting A Blanket]

Description: Photograph of Suzann Thompson crocheting at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Suzann is sitting by a table covered in blankets, wearing a white dress with a name-tag attached to it. She holds on crochet needle with her right hand while feeding the yarn with her left hand. A boy, her brother Van Thompson, sits behind her at a different table, holding a crochet needle and a piece of paper.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a woman and a small child are sitting in separate chairs, playing a large stringed instrument. Both the woman and child wear dresses made of the same fabric. The child wears an apron tied at the shoulders, and the woman wears her apron tied around her waist. Two members of the band are visible to the left and right of the photograph.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The band members perform in a barn, sitting and standing on hay bales as they perform for festival participants.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]

[Sweet Song String Band]

Description: Photograph of the Sweet Song String Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four men, each playing a different instrument, perform on a stage for participants of the festival.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[Sweet Song String Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of The Sweet Song String Band performing on a small stage at the Texas Folklife Festival. Three female band members are seated at the front of the stage wearing prairie dresses. The one on the right is playing percussion and the other two are playing stringed instruments that are laying in their laps. Behind them, three male band members are playing a violin, a mandolin and a hammer dulcimer. There is also another female band member who is playing another stringed instrument, possibl… more
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]

[O. T. Baker Preparing the Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of O. T. Baker preparing food to be smoked at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. O. T. stands behind a wooden table covered in ingredients like cacti, onions and potatoes. He wears a cowboy hat, a white shirt with a floral design, and a long necklace made of red beads and animal teeth.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[O.T. Baker Speaking to Woman at Smokehouse]

Description: Photograph of O.T. Baker speaking to a female festival visitor while sitting behind the Smokehouse booth at the Texas Folklife Festival. Baker is wearing a blue shirt and a tan cowboy hat, and is sitting at the corner of the booth on the right side of the photograph. He is speaking to a woman outside the booth on the left. She is grabbing a small wicker basket and looking inside of it. In the left foreground some small squash are on the booth's counter and some are in a wicker basket. In the ba… more
Date: [1985-08-01..1985-08-04]

[Tanya Zwan Performing Middle Eastern Dance]

Description: Photograph of Tanya Zwan performing dances from the Middle East at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a sequined belly dancing outfit which is predominantly blue but also with colors of pink, purple, green and yellow. She has her hands above her head and is wearing finger cymbals. She is smiling and shifting her hips to the right.
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]

[Tanya Zwan Signing an Autograph]

Description: Photograph of Middle-Eastern Dancer Tanya Zwan signing an autograph at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Tanya wears an elaborate costume consisting of a bra top embroidered with many sequins, a floor-length skirt made of rich fabric, and a draped piece of fabric draped from her shoulder to her opposite hip. She signs an autograph for a man wearing a baseball cap, a collared white shirt, and denim jeans.
Date: [1980-07-31..1980-08-03]
Creator: Informedia

[Tanya Zwan Teaching Audience Members Middle Eastern Dances]

Description: Photograph of Tanya Zwan teaching audience members Middle Eastern Dances at the Texas Folklife Festival. She is wearing a sequined belly dancing outfit which is predominantly pink but also with colors of blue, purple, green and yellow. She has one hand above her head and one at her side. A line of five men are following her around, mimicking her dance moves. Two men with button-up shirts have their shirts open to reveal their belly. Each audience member is also wearing a headpiece. The stage is… more
Date: [1988-08-04..1988-08-07]

[Teenage Boy Speaking at Podium]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified young man delivering a speech at Martin Luther King Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. Speaking from a microphone set atop a wooden podium, he wears a black suit and what looks to be a paisley tie. A set of carpeted stairs, a flag, and tall curtains behind him would indicate that the photograph was taken at the school's auditorium. A white and green banner with the text "San Antonio Chapter of Links, Inc." can be seen hanging on the curtains.
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.

[Teenagers Writing and Drawing at Poster Art Contest]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified group of young boys writing and drawing on large posters at Martin Luther King Middle School. They are variously seated at orange chairs along rows of tables, and look heavily concentrated on the task before them. Drawers and posters can be seen in the back. Accompanying information notes that the event was a poster art contest held as part of Project LEAD (Links Erase Alcohol and Drugs), a national program initiated to educate youth on the dangers and downfalls of… more
Date: 1986
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.

[Texas Cajun Band]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Audience members dance in front of a small stage where a man wearing a red shirt tucked into a leather belt and jeans, sings into a microphone. A man to his left plays the violin, while a man to his right plays the guitar.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]

[Texas Cajun Band Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Cajun Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A man wearing a red shirt tucked into a pair of denim jeans wraps his arms around a woman singing into a microphone, wearing a pink shirt and shorts.
Date: [1984-08-02..1984-08-05]

[Texas Cajun Playboy Band]

Description: Photograph of Texas Cajun Playboy Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man wearing a red cap and a white shirt with denim jeans sings into a microphone. To his right, a man wearing a cowboy hat, white collared shirt, and denim jeans, plays the accordion. Other musicians are visible behind the pair, performing for festival participants.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]

[Texas Cajun Playboy Band]

Description: Photograph of Texas Cajun Playboy Band performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man wearing a red cap and shirt plays the guitar and sings into a microphone. Other musicians are visible behind the pair, performing for festival participants.
Date: [1987-08-02..1987-08-05]

[Texas Czechs in Review Performing]

Description: Photograph of Texas Czechs in Review, Moravian Beseda dancers from Dallas performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The women are wearing black and pink floral skirts, white aprons, white peasant blouses, and black fitted vests with colorful embroidery. The men are wearing black pants, white long-sleeved shirts, and long black vests that are decorated with tassels and cinched at the waist with a gold belt. They are each dancing with a partner, four couples total. The men … more
Date: [1981-08-06..1981-08-09]

[Texas Indian Heritage Society Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Indian Heritage Society at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two members of the society are standing on a stage dressed in traditional Native American clothing. Many children stand around them on stage as they perform a demonstration.
Date: [1986-07-31..1986-08-03]

[Texas Professional Gunfighters Performance]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Professional Gunfighters performing at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the foreground, three gunfighters dressed in authentic western wear are crouched down as if anticipating some action about to occur. They are brandishing their pistols, ready for any opposition. In the background a crowd of festival visitors are gathered to watch the show.
Date: [1989-08-03..1989-08-06]
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