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[San Antonio depot]

Missouri - Kansas - texas Railroad's beautiful Spanish Mission style depot in the "Alamo City" in May 1962. This was the San Antonio home of the KATY's famous trains, the "Texas Special", "The Bluebonnet" and "The Katy Flyer"
Date: May 1962
Creator: Monaghan, M.D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1231.0257]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A BAD TIME for litterbugs was promised Tuesday by a new civic organization, Oklahoma City Beautiful Inc."
Date: August 7, 1962
Creator: Cobb, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

"A Rasin In The Sun" play

Photograph of a scene in the play "A Raisin In The Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry held at SPC Auditorium. The scene takes place in a living room. One actor is on his hands and knees, with his head down, in the foreground. Another actor is standing behind him, wearing a suit. An actress is standing in a doorway in the background.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Givens, Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Raisin In The Sun" play

Photograph of A scene in the play "A Raisin In The Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, actors Harry Givens and Julia Biser are acting out a role of the play in the SPC auditorium. The scene takes place in a living room. The actress is sitting on a couch and wearing a dress. The actor is standing next to the couch and wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and tie.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Givens, Harry & Biser, Julia
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Raisin in The Sun" play

Photograph of actress Rhittie Watts and Harry Givens in a scene from John B.F Williams Jr.'s "A Raisin In The Sun" held in the SPC Little Theatre. The scene takes place in a living room. The actress is sitting on a couch holding what looks like a white jacket. The actor is sitting in a chair, which is turned backwards, and holding a cup in his right hand.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Hansberry, Lorraine & Williams, Jr., John B.F.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Raisin In The Sun" play

Photograph of is of a scene in the drama "A Raisin In The Sun" by author Lorraine Hansberry. The scene takes place in a living room. The actress is standing behind a couch and wearing a dress. The actor is seated on the couch and is wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and tie.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Hansberry , Lorraine
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Raisin In The Sun" play

Photograph of the actors of a scene in "A Raisin In The Sun" depicting a scene where Walter realizes that George Murcheson has swindeled all of his money away. The scene takes place in a living room. The actor seated on the couch is wearing a suit. The actor standing and leaning over the couch is wearing a long-sleeve white shirt and tie.
Date: March 8, 1962
Creator: Hansberry, Lorraine
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Raisin In The Sun" play

Photograph of Mr. Younger and Mr. Linder discussing the art of improving race realations in the play "A Raisin in the Sun". The scene takes place in a living room. The actor in the background is seated on a couch and wearing a jacket and glasses. The actor in the foreground is seated on a chair and is wearing a short-sleeve shirt.
Date: 1962
Creator: Hansberry, Lorraine
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hospital Aid

Photograph of six women in a woman's ward at Fort Sam Houston Hospital. The Red Cross volunteer is in her uniform beside the first bed on the right. The person next to her is UNIDENTIFIED. The tree women are (L-R): Mrs. Etta Volta, Mrs. Frances Davidson and Mrs. Eva Greene
Date: October 5, 1962
Creator: Garrett, Thomas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1432.0451]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: June 18, 1962
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grand Champion Steer at San Antonio Livestock Expo, 1962

Photograph of three men in suits and ties standing behind a steer and two men in denim and button-up shirts holding the harnesses of two steers. All of the men are wearing boots and cowboy hats and one man is wearing glasses. The steer in the foreground has a banner on it's back that reads, "Grand Champion Steer of Show, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, San Antonio, Texas 1962". The group is standing in an indoor corral.
Date: 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Land area covered by HemisFair 1968

Photograph of a portion of San Antonio with an overlay showing the location of HemisFair '68 before construction began. Houses, streets and other buildings that had to be demolished are faintly visible. The HemisFair site occupied 92.6 acres and was located on the edge of downtown San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1962~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History