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[Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Norwegian Leikar-Ringen Dancers at the 12th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the dancers are arranged in rows, holding the hands of their partners high above their heads as other dancers duck below their arms. Each member is wearing a red vest with matching patches sewn onto the front. The women are wearing long skirts with their vests, while the men wear black pants. People watch the performance around three sides of the raised stage.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Photograph of Joe Newton]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Joe stands with his arm outstretched, tipping his hat to the photographer. He wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[Photograph of Joe Newton and Jack Maguire]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Jack Maguire, executive director at the Institute of Texas Cultures, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the right, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his left, Jack wears a short-sleeved plaid shirt tucked into dark pants.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[Photograph of Joe Newton and Roger Sackett]

Description: Photograph of Joe Newton, former train robber, and Roger Sackett, Institute of Texas Cultures Docent, at the Texas Folklife Festival. In the photograph, Joe, standing to the left, wears a long-sleeve collared shirt tucked into denim jeans, secured with a wide leather belt. To his right, Roger wears a short-sleeved shirt with a patch sewn on the pocket with dark pants and a watch.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[Ronnie Fiedler Building Cowhide Chairs]

Description: Photograph of Ronnie Fiedler building cowhide chairs at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Ronnie is wearing a red shirt with white stripes, jeans, and a leather belt. He is stringing thin strips of leather through a wooden frame. Participants at the Festival watch Ronnie as he builds the chairs.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Smoky Wilson Announcing the Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medical Show]

Description: Photograph of Smoky Wilson announcing a performance of Dr. Millard J. Dresden's Old Time Medicine Show at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Smoky is wearing a coonskin cap and bandanna over a floral shirt, jeans, and suspenders. A large crowd sits on the grassy hill around him as they prepare to watch the performance.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Storyteller Elizabeth Ellis Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of storyteller Elizabeth Ellis at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Elizabeth is standing on a stage and speaking into a microphone in front of an audience of festival-goers. Elizabeth wears a short-sleeved shirt with a diamond-rope pattern on the front and shoulder, glasses, and bracelets on her wrist.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]

[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. 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]

[Tom Bingham Demonstrating Woodcarving]

Description: Photograph of Tom Bingham demonstrating wood carving at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Tom sits on a wooden chair, holding a block of wood with one hand, and a carving tool in another. A boy in front of Tom, holding a balloon and watching Tom work. Behind them, another man is standing and carving a piece of wood. Tom is a member of the Woodcarvers of Houston.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim

[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas]

Description: Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The dancers are arranged in a circle. Every other dancer is of the opposite sex. The women wrap their hands around the necks of members next to them. Each man wraps his arms around the waists of then women next to her, lifting each woman in the air as they spin in a circle. The dancers are wearing white shirts with either red pants or red skirts.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Wheeler, Ed

[Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas Performing at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The male dancers are holding long metal spears and wearing white shirts with loose red pants and black cummerbunds. Two of the men are squatting on the ground with their spears extending underneath the feet of the other two dancers, who are jumping in the air with their spears raised.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
Creator: Wheeler, Ed

[United Fiddlers Association]

Description: Photograph of United Fiddlers Association performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, two men and a woman play stringed instruments on a wooden stage. All three band members wear cowboy hats, shirts with tasseled fringe, and dark-colored pants.
Date: [1983-09-07..1983-09-10]
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