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[Irish Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the E.I.R.E. dancers from Houston, Texas, performing Irish folk dances for the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The dancers consist of four couples performing a dance on a stage. A large crowd is watching from the lawn as the dancers spin around. The women are wearing matching white sleeveless dresses with heavy embroidery around the neck. The men are wearing traditional Irish costume of white blouses and golden kilts with green cummerbunds.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Sakae Ogama Writing Calligraphy at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Color photograph of Sakae Ogama, demonstrating Japanese brush writing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas in August of 1975. In the photograph, Sakae is seated at a table wearing a traditional kimono. She is holding onto a long sheet of paper with her left hand, and writing with a bamboo brush with her right hand. A young girl and a woman watch as Sakae creates the Japanese forms.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[San Antonio Ameleb Club Lebanese Dancers]

Description: Photograph of five women performing Lebanese dances at the 1975 Folklife Festival as members of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. They are wearing traditional dancing costumes called bedlahs that consist of gold-trimmed brassieres and sheer, flowing skirts of different colors. Each woman is holding a tambourine above her head.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Nadine Mery, Young San Antonio Ameleb Club Dancer]

Description: Photograph of young girl in a gold-trimmed bra and skirt, otherwise known as a bedleh. She is a member of the San Antonio Ameleb Club. She is standing outdoors with her hands on her hips amongst two other young girls and a few women, some of whom are seated.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Snyder, Chuck
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Participants Serving Bigos at Texas Folklife Festival ]

Description: Photograph of a man and woman at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival serving Bigos (Hunter's stew) at a Polish food booth. The couple is dressed in traditional Polish clothing. The woman is holding a pan and a ladle of food while the man stands over a large pot. Colorful booths are visible in the background behind the couple.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[The Grobes Serving Sausage at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Grobe family from Fredericksburg, Texas, making German sausage at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, a man is holding a knife in one hand and a pair of tongs with the other, preparing to slice the sausage. A girl standing to the left of him is giving a piece to a participant. A smoker is visible behind the cooking booth.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech Moravian Beseda Dancers from Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man and woman are standing with their hands clasped together, wearing traditional Czech clothing. Several groups of men and women line up behind the initial couple. Audience members are watching as they perform the dance.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Laredo Bayanihan Dancers Performing the Binasuan Dance]

Description: Photograph of the Laredo Bayanihan Dancers, from St. Augustin School, at the 1975 Texas Folklife Festival. The dancers are all male and are performing the Binasuan (or glass) dance on an outdoor stage. The dancers are dressed in white long-sleeved shirts, colored pants, and multicolored scarves. They are barefoot and balancing glasses on their heads in various positions. Spectators are visible in the background.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Creator: Smith, Jim
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Arm Wrestling at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two men arm wrestling at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The photograph features the two men seated at a table engaged in wrestling. Many people crowd closely around the match. The event is sponsored by the Bexar County Cowards Club.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Beseda Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech Moravian Beseda Dancers from Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a man and woman are standing together with their hands clasped together, wearing traditional Czech clothing. Audience members are watching as they perform the dance.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children on the Berm at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of two children sitting on a hill at the Texas Folklife Festival outside of the Institute of Texas Cultures. In the photograph, a teenage girl is sitting behind a younger boy, wrapping her arms around him. Two pieces of cardboard are strewn to the left and right of the two children. Another boy is visible on the top left of the hill.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Needlework Demonstration at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Genny Kosub Kraus demonstrating Polish needlework at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, Genny is holding a piece of cloth in one hand, and running a needle through it with the other hand. She is wearing traditional Polish dress featuring a tall headband decorated with flowers, a white shirt embroidered with flowers along the sleeve, and a sleeveless vest.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Attendees at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a young girl sitting on a hillside at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the girl is sitting on the hillside with a Coca-Cola cup in her hands. She is wearing a t-shirt with three mushrooms embroidered on the front, and pants with a floral design in the fabric. A woman and a laughing girl are visible behind her on the left, and a boy is just visible on the right. The United States and Texas Flag are visible at the top of the hill.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Sliding Down Hill at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of children sliding down a hill at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the child in the center in the foreground is sitting inside a cardboard box and holding onto the sides. The child directly behind him and to the right is laying on the ground as her cardboard slides now the hill in front of her. Other children to the left and right are also sliding down the hill.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Child Sliding Down Hill at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a child sliding down the hill at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, a child is seated with his legs splayed in front of him and his arms outstretched. His mouth is open as if he is yelling. A small cardboard box is in his hand, as if it slid out from under him.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Japanese Folk Dancer Irene Stephen at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of Irene Stephen demonstrating classical Japanese dance at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, Irene is wearing a mask, a kimono with flowers on it and a patterned sarong. She stands with her arms outstretched, holding a fan in each hand. Children are playing in the grass behind her.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Czech-Moravian Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Czech Moravian Beseda Dancers from Dallas, Texas, performing at the Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. In the photograph, young children are dancing in traditional Czech dress. A canopy covers the pavilion and creates shape son the concrete. A large crowd watches the dance from a stand of bleachers.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[African-American Food Booth at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the two women eating in the African American food booth at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August 1975. In the photograph, the two women are seating in fold-up chairs. The woman on the left is wearing a white dress with tan sandals. The woman on the left is wearing a dark-colored shirt with a plaid skirt and white sandals. A tent covers the entire pavilion above them.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Polish Cultural Booth]

Description: Photograph of women resting in the Polish booth at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in August of 1975. The two women sit in folding chairs in front of a large collection of maps and photographs hung on the fence behind them.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Jewish Folk Dancers at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of the Jewish folk dancers performing at the 4th Annual Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, four women are holding hands as they dance around a circle. They are wearing matching dresses with floral embroidery around the neck, sleeves, and the hem. The dancers are barefoot as they prance around the stage. Participants of the festival watch from a grassy hill behind the stage.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Dallas Inter-Tribal Dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival]

Description: Photograph of a young Dallas Inter-Tribal Council dancer at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. In the photograph, the Native American dancer is wearing a headdress made of a skunk fur and large feathers. He wears a beaded band around his forehead and large beaded necklace around his neck that extends into a beaded bird medallion. His hair is divided into two plaits that are secured with a string.
Date: [1975-08-07..1975-08-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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