Married duo, Pilar and Consuelo Garcia, shown here in a promotional photo in elaborate traditional dress. The performers made most of their own costumes and modified them as styles changed through the years.
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Sisters, Consuelo and Aida Garcia in their early twenties performing.
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Slide depicting the ticket stand at the front of the tent with a performer and carpa children circa. 1939-41. This image was part of the 1977 American history slide collection published by the Instructional Resources Corp. for K-12 classroom use.
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La Carpa Garcia dancers in costumes that were eye-catching for the times.
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Dancing girls of la Carpa consisting of family members and others.
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Consuelo and Pilar Garcia in an act that rivaled some of the sketches and styles of the time.
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Costumes that were on display at the Hertzberg Circus Museum in the 1990s when Mexican Carpas were featured as part of a permanent exhibit.
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Esther Garcia Robinson featured on the trapeze in an image at the Hertzberg Circus Museum exhibit.
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Another shot of Pilar Garcia practicing in the 1940s from the UTSA photo library.
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La Carpa Garcia Reproduction of a Promotional Poster
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Consuelo Garcia preparing for a show.
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Pilar Garcia practicing the high wire.
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Family members sewing the tent and painting the trailers.
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Oldest daughter, Aida Garcia in a promotional photo.
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Esther Garcia Robinson.
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Esther and Consuelo Garcia in costume.
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Conseulo in front of the tent entrance with two children who are not identified.
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Comedy Trio, L-R: Don Correon, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, and Rodolfo Garcia as Don Fito.
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Photo of Pilar and Consuelo Garcia dancing that appeared in a La Carpa Garcia story in the San Antonio Express-News Sunday Style Section circa 1981.
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Esther Garcia Robinson after la Carpa closed performing in a theater in San Antonio.
