Marshall T. Steves, Sr. & John White at the base of the Tower of the Americas during construction.

Photograph at the center point of the construction for the Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas. Marshall T. Steves, Sr. & John White with hard hats on shake hands at the base point of the Tower. Behind them a construction worker sits in the driver's seat of a bulldozer.
Date: February 20, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop

Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: December 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Street Renovation

Image of downtown street renovation.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - LIDO Building at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of the LIDO building at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - Los Voladores - Flying Indians of Mexico at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of Los Voladores, Flying Indians from Mexico for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pincus and Hardy Store

Pincus and Hardy stores at intersection off Broadway.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flags of Various Countries

Image of flags of various countries lining Broadway St. near the San Antonio Light Newspaper.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Broadway and Jones

Image of Broadway and Jones before street renovations.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flags of Various Countries

Image of flags of the various countries lined on Broadway St. at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flags of Various Countries

Image of downtown Broadway St. lined with flags of various countries. More than twenty countries participated in HemisFair '68 and had pavilions.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flags of Various Countries

Image of flags lining Broadway and Jones Street.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - IBM Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of the IBM Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model - IBM Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Image of a model of the IBM Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Picketing workers

Two union workers picketing at the HemisFair construction site. One of them holds a sign that reads 'This job is unsafe'.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Flags of Various Countries

Image of downtown Broadway St. at the corner of Pincus and Hardy stores.
Date: August 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Construction of the Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas.

Photograph of the HemisFair construction site dominated by the shaft of the Tower of the Americas. The tower's tophouse has not yet been put in place. In front of the tower, two carriages of the Swiss Skyride can be seen.
Date: 1967?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marshall T. Steves, Sr. & John White at the base of the Tower of the Americas during construction.

Photograph of Marshall T. Steves, Sr. and John White standing inside the construction hole of the Tower of Americas, San Antonio, Texas.
Date: February 20, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

HemisFair construction site.

Photograph showing some of the construction site of HemisFair '68. In the background at left is the not yet completed Convention Center/Civic Center. In the foreground two workers are maintaining a construction fence.
Date: 1967?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

William Sinkin at ground breaking for HemisFair '68

1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Date: December 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tower of the Americas construction

A view of the bottom portion of the Tower of the Americas under construction. The steel frame of the floor for the tophouse is being constructed, suspended several feet above the ground and surrounding the concrete shaft.
Date: 1967?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tower of the Americas construction

Photograph taken from the base of the Tower of the Americas during construction. Only the central concrete shaft has been completed and a segment of the steel frame for the tophouse is shown at the base; a mechanical crane is visible at the top of the concrete shaft.
Date: 1967~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History