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Here are several photographs of violinist Teresa Cuevas. She was born on April 20, 1920, in Topeka, Kansas. She formed the first all-female mariachi band in the United States, named Mariachi Estrella. The original members included Connie Alcala, Delores Galvan, Teresa Cuevas, Rachel Galvan, and Linda Scurlock. The black and white photographs were taken during the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, developed in the 1980s by the Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Arts Commission with funding by the National Endowment for the Arts. The color photographs were taken at the 1986 Kansas Folklife Festival and a 1989 folk art exhibit opening at the Kansas capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. Tereas Cuevas passed away on December 12, 2013.
Date: Between 1980 and 1989
Item Number: 306088
Call Number: Folkarts Collection in Education
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306088
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Musicians
Collections - Education
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical groups
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musical instruments - Violin
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Music - Musicians
Community Life - Clubs and organizations
Community Life - Events and Celebrations
Date - 1980s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Hispanics
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - The Recent Past, 1975 - present
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Negatives, Film
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Slides
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