An artistic illustration of the interior of a restaurant. Most of the restaurant guests are single men sitting at small tables. A cocktail waitress is serving drinks on a tray. Three members of a band perform on a stage at the right-side of the illustration. The establishment looks more like a cocktail lounge or bar.

An artistic illustration of people walking around the Beethoven Hall building, as a part of HemisFair '68.

An artistic illustration of the Woman's Pavilion at HemisFair '68. The four main themes exhibited in the pavilion were beauty, the mind, heart and emotion, and work, and served as a tribute to the contributions women have made to culture and civilization in the western hemisphere.

An artistic illustration of buildings on the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds. The buildings are box-like, quite tall and all in the same light brown color. The illustration shows fair visitors strolling among the buildings.

An artistic illustration of fair visitors outside a building on the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds. The shaft of the Tower of the Americas is partially visible at right through a tall tree.

Photograph of a three-dimensional model of the Coca-Cola Pavilion at HemisFair '68. It is a round building with the Coca-Cola logo in the center of the roof with a raised, semi-circular section behind the left side where there are multi-colored flags flying from the top. There are many trees grouped around the sides of the building.

Photograph of a graphic illustration of a scene from Sid and Marty Krofft's puppet production, Kaleidoscope. The scene shows a cow dressed as a ballerina jumping over the moon, and several other unusual looking characters. Kaleidoscope was presented in the Coca-Cola Pavilion at HemisFair '68.

An artistic illustration of the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds. The focal point is the Tower of the Americas. Other prominent buildings shown are the Convention Center and the Arena. Buildings of downtown San Antonio are shown in the middle ground and the hills of the Texas Hill Country are in the background.

Photograph looking up at two adults and two children standing at the railing of a bridge during HemisFair '68, with the Tower of the Americas visible at right. One of the children, a girl, is holding some flowers and the woman is taking a photograph.

Photograph of a jazz quintet performing on a stage in front of a small group of people who are seated at three small tables. The name of the quintet is "Alamo City Jazz Band". Most of the people visible in the foreground are drinking beer, and a woman is taking a photograph of the people that are sitting at one of the tables. Chuck Reilley, a local dentist and the bandleader plays trombone and James Carroll Bell is on trumpet, while Randle Tankersley plays the bass saxophone.

Artistic illustration of downtown San Antonio during HemisFair '68, including prominent buildings of the fair: the Tower of the Americas, the Convention Center and Arena, the United States Confluence Theater, and amusement rides. Fireworks and search lights are lighting up the night sky. The San Antonio landmark, the Alamo, is illustrated in the lower right-hand corner.

Photograph of a man and woman looking at a three-dimensional model of HemisFair '68, partially visible in the front of the image. The woman is pointing at a house-like building.

Photograph at night of the Tower of the Americas in the background (at left) and one side of the U.S. Confluence Theater at right. The Confluence Theater is lit with yellow light from the inside and outside, while the central shaft and base of the observation deck are lit with white light. At the top of the observation deck is a ring of yellow lights that line its circumference.

Photograph of a family standing on the stairs outside the Convention Theater. The focus of the top half of the picture is of the mural “Confluence of Civilization in the Americas” by Juan O’Gorman This 110-by-22-foot mosaic glass mural is located over the western entrance to the Convention Theater.

Photograph of people inside the San Antonio Convention Center, including a family of four at the top of the staircase in front of the Carlos Merida mosaic mural, facing out toward the interior. The man is looking down toward the floor and taking a photo. Curved staircases are visible at right and other people are standing in front of another portion of the mural on the ground level.

Artistic illustration of the front and one side of the Humble Oil and Refining Pavilion at HemisFair '68. The building is a two-story stone building with decorative metalwork around the overhang along the long side of the building and the two-story balcony on the front. There is a red brick fence along the long side of the building and a decorative metal fence in the center of the image. People are walking around the building and musicians wearing striped costumes are playing in a four-piece band at the far left side of the image.

Photo of the Theatre of the Performing Arts, which was used to house special HemisFair '68 attractions, and has a mural by Juan O'Gorman along the rooflie. Two workers standing on a scaffold are applying the finishing touches to the exterior.

A black-and-white photograph of an artistic illustration of downtown San Antonio during HemisFair '68. Prominent buildings of the fair visible include the Tower of the Americas, the Convention Center and Arena, the United States Confluence Theater, and amusement rides. Fireworks and search lights are lighting up the night sky. The San Antonio landmark, the Alamo, is illustrated in the lower left-hand corner.

Photograph of two smiling boys posing outside of the Japan Pavilion at HemisFair '68. One of the boys is wearing a cowboy hat while the other has taken off his hat and is holding it at his side. Japan was one of more than twenty countries who participated in HemisFair '68.

Photograph of at least 12 men and women crowded around a desk in a small office. Most of the people are around college age and one of the men is wearing a military uniform. Some of the people are holding papers or writing pads. The desk is covered with papers, one of which bears the symbol of HemisFair '68. Many sheets of paper have been attached to the office walls.

Photograph of several people involved with the planning of HemisFair '68 posing beside an airplane, including airline flight attendants holding up sculpted "2" and "4" numbers. A man is helping one of the flight attendants position the number "4".

1 photograph : positive, b&w ; 3 x 4 cm.

1 photograph : positive, b&w ; 3 x 4 cm.

A folding postcard with the words "HemisFair '68" written on the front and the words "just a hasty note from San Antonio ..." printed on the back. The side of the card for writing addresses includes a picture of the Tower of the Americas and an idealized view of downtown San Antonio.