Visitors, volunteers, and staff who make the Smithsonian Folklife Festival an annual event in their lives often collect Festival T-shirts. Here are photos of  T-shirts from the past. Most of the ones shown are from the collection of Arlene and Pete Reiniger, both staff at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Diana, Reshma, Meredith, Laura, Anna, Jeannette, and Arnie model past Festival shirts.

Photo by Van Luong

Reshma, Laura, Diana, Meredith, Arnie, Anna and Jeanette model past Festival shirts.

Photo by Van Luong

Arnie, Meredith, Diana, Laura and Reshma model past Festival shirts.

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

The Reinigers' T-shirt collection, sorted by color.

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Pam Rogers and her favorite text-based Festival T-shirts.

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Pam favors text-driven shirts because they prompt the most questions from people.

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1979 Festival T-shirt.

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Claudia Telliho loves this shirt because its bright colors capture the spirit of that particular Festival year.

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

1982 Festival T-shirt.

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Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

Photo by Van Luong

1991 Festival T-shirt.

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1992 Festival T-shirt.

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1989 Festival T-shirt.

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T-shirt models are:
Meredith Adhikari, Peace Corps Participant Assistant
Diana Bossa-Bastidas, Colombia Participant Assistant
Anna F. Kaplan, Rhythm and Blues Participant Assistant
Jeannette Lara, Housing Coordinator
Arnie Malin, Foodways Coordinator
Pamela Rogers, IT Specialist
Reshma Sinanan-Hill, Production Manager
Laura E. Smith, Participant Coordinator
Claudia Telliho, Financial Management Specialist