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[Accordionist for Round Top Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of a male accordionist performing with the Round Top Brass Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has a handlebar mustache and is smiling as he plays his black and white accordion. He is wearing a brown corduroy visor and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Accordionist with Round Top Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of a male accordionist performing with the Round Top Brass Band at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. He has a mustache and is playing a black and white accordion. He is wearing a brown corduroy visor and a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. A tuba player is visible behind him on the right.
Date: [1979-08-02..1979-08-05]
Creator: Informedia

[Ace Reid on Storytelling Stage]

Description: Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]

[Ace Reid on Storytelling Stage]

Description: Photograph of Ace Reid, cartoonist and humorist from Kerrville, on the storytelling stage at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Wearing a cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a plaid shirt, he is speaking into a microphone which he is holding. Behind him a rocking chair and a small hay bale is visible.
Date: [1982-08-05..1982-08-08]

Actors at HemisFair '68

Description: Photograph of female actors in a play at HemisFair '68, including two adult actors standing to the left -- one wearing a tiger-like costume and the other dressed in an oriental-patterned robe. A small group of child actors are kneeling in the background to the right, and some are wearing Oriental-type dresses.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

[Adobe Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over a wooden trough as he pours water into the individual sections. Several festival stand behind Bill, watching the demonstration.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

[Adobe Making Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of Bill Corkery demonstrating how to make adobe at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Bill leans over the wooden trough, shoveling an unknown substance into the individual sections. A festival participant stands behind Bill, watching the demonstration.
Date: [1976-08-05..1976-08-08]

Aerial photo of HemisFair '68

Description: Aerial photograph looking straight down on the HemisFair site before it opened. Visible buildings in the fairgrounds include the roofs of the circular United States Exhibit Pavilion and Confluence Theater (right of center); the Texas Pavilion is in the back middle ground; and the Convention Center, Theater, and Arena buildings (left of center). The top of the Tower of the Americas is visible in the center with the tower itself casting a long shadow toward the left. A San Antonio public housiā€¦ more
Date: 1968?
Location: None

Aerial view of downtown San Antonio, Texas

Description: Photograph of downtown San Antonio, Texas with the partially-constructed central concrete shaft of the Tower of the Americas (without the tophouse) and the HemisFair Arena visible in the background. A highway interchange is visible in the foreground, at the bottom of the image. The Tower of the Americas and the HemisFair Arena were constructed for HemisFair '68.
Date: 1968?

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Oblique aerial view of the HemisFair '68 site near the completion of construction, including the Tower of the Americas (center-right) which has a crane working on the observation structure at the top. Other buildings in the fairgrounds are visible, including the Arena (center) and the United States Exhibit Pavilion (left foreground), which are both circular buildings. Portions of downtown San Antonio, Texas can be seen in the background.
Date: 1968?

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Photograph from a helicopter of the HemisFair '68 site in San Antonio, Texas, a few weeks from opening day. Prominent structures include the 622 foot high Tower of the Americas (center-right), the United States Confluence Theater and United States Exhibit Pavilion at left foreground, and the Convention Center, Arena, and Theater in mid-ground. Downtown San Antonio buildings are visible behind the fairgrounds.
Date: March 12, 1968

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Aerial photograph of the HemisFair '68 site, looking east, with downtown San Antonio visible in the background, to the right. The Tower of the America is in the center of the image; other buildings on the fairgrounds include the 10,500-seat Arena, the Convention Center, and Theater (at right) as well as the circular United States Confluence Theater and Exhibit Pavilion (at left).
Date: 1968
Location: None

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Oblique aerial photograph of the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds and downtown San Antonio buildings behind it. The Tower of the Americas is visible in the center of the image and the circular HemisFair Arena is visible to the right of the tower's base.
Date: 1968

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Aerial photograph of the HemisFair '68 site, including the 622-foot Tower of the America in the center; the 10,500-seat Arena, the Convention Center, and Theater to the right; and the circular United States Confluence Theater and Exhibit Pavilion at left. Buildings of downtown San Antonio, Texas are visible in the background.
Date: 1968

[Aerial View of Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Institute of Texas Cultures and surrounding area during the Texas Folklife Festival. The Institute building is in the center. Its surrounding lawn is speckled with festival visitors. The outer rim of the property contains a majority of the booths which are recognizable from above by the rainbow canopies that are covering them. The area is bordered by two roads and a highway.
Date: [1977-08-04..1977-08-07]
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