[Two girls viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a girl viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The hippo head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has its mouth opened wide as it faces the right side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base, which one of the young girls stands next to as she reaches her right hand into the hippo's mouth. The girl has short hair and wears a striped sleeveless shirt, and smiles at the camera directly. The second girl stands behind the hippo head open mouth, head turned down and eyes closed. She has her hair long hair in pigtails and wears a dark t-shirt and a thin necklace. Behind the hippo statue is a small tree, it's thin branches and leaves occupying most of the top left corner of the photo. Standing behind this tree, at the left edge of the image, is a rectangular sign with the word "elephant" on it. Beyond the sign are two adult figures, one standing with their back to the camera while the other walks to the right, becoming partially obscured by the hippo statue. A second tree emerges from off-camera, on the right side …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy getting his portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a boy getting his portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. In the center of the photo, a man with short wavy hair and glasses dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and pants sits in a chair in front of an easel where he draws and paints the boy's portrait. The man has his art supplies in a tray on his lap and a towel laid over his left shoulder as he faces away from the camera, with the portrait he's working on pinned to a board on his easel. Two small lamps hang above the easel with a thick cord leading up and off-camera from the top of the easel. The young boy being drawn sits in a chair farther into the photo next to the easel as he faces the camera with a smile. The boy has short hair and wears dark glasses and a long-sleeved collared shirt. To the left and right of the young boy are additional easels and chairs, each with a bucket next to them. To the right of the boy's easel a young girl sits in a chair with her long hair tied back into a ponytail, wearing a striped …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking towards the right side of the photo. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has an open row for seating with three steering wheels at its front, with the boy seated behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car that also has no roof, windows, or doors. Two additional automobiles are visible in the background between the two foreground vehicles. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a sloping base and has small beams extending like wheel spokes up to the canopy, holding it aloft. The canopy itself has a design of three alternating stripes and a scalloped edge with hanging fringe.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 4]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking directly at the camera. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has an open row for seating, with the boy sitting behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo, holding it with his right hand. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a base with a multitude of lightbulbs sticking out of it, which sits on its own sloping base with stripes and fringe. Connected to the central column are small beams extending like wheel spokes up to the canopy, holding it aloft. The canopy itself has a design of three alternating stripes and a scalloped edge with hanging fringe.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of an animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A man in a t-shirt and pants holds a bucket in his left hand while standing on a stage, which has been photographed with its front facing the right side of the photo. He turns to the right to face an animal, likely a sea lion or other aquatic mammal, holding itself up on a two-legged stand. Behind the man is a large box with a design reminiscent of treasure chests in pop culture, with a soccer ball resting atop it. Above the stage and draping behind it in the background is an expansive net as well as lines of pennants. On the left side of the brick base the stage is built on are two sockets with wires extending off-camera. On the right side, a woman with her hair up in a large bun and wearing a one-piece bathing suit stands on a small platform to the stage's base, with a bucket hanging from the platform's railing. She turns away from the camera to look at the man an animal onstage. Beyond the stage and its occupants are multiple tall trees, their leaves blocking out most of …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dolphin show at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 5]

Photograph of the dolphin show at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A woman in a one-piece bathing suit stands on a platform extending over a pool of water from the left, holding out a stick with a cylinder at its end as the dolphin leaps into the air, its body twisting upwards. The woman's platform is attached to the side of a short wall and has railing that two buckets hang from, one on each side of the woman. The pool the dolphin jumps from is enclosed by thin walls and has a large fabric or textile item folded up and placed on the pool's far left corner. A large net hangs in the air above the pool along with strings of small pennants. In the background beyond the pool are rows of bleachers with dozens of people seated in them, all facing towards the camera as they watch the dolphin show. Behind the bleachers are multiple tall trees, their foliage blocking out the sky.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dolphin show at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 4]

Photograph of the dolphin show at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A woman in a one-piece bathing suit stands on a platform extending over a pool of water from the left, holding out a stick with a cylinder at its end as the dolphin leaps into the air while facing the woman, its body curving into an arc. The woman's platform is attached to the side of a short wall and has railing that two buckets hang from, one on each side of the woman. The pool the dolphin jumps from is enclosed by thin walls and has a large fabric or textile item folded up and placed on the pool's far left corner. A large net hangs in the air above the pool along with strings of small pennants. In the background beyond the pool are rows of bleachers with dozens of people seated in them, all facing towards the camera as they watch the dolphin show. Behind the bleachers are multiple tall trees, their foliage blocking out the sky.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Electric Building]

Photograph of the Electric Building in Fort Worth, Texas. The building housed the Texas Electric Service Company.
Date: May 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library