Governor John Connally speaking to a crowd at Randolph Air Force Base

Photograph of Texas Governor John Connally addressing a crowd at Randolph AFB during the arrival of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Seated behind Governor Connally are President Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson, Walter W. McAllister (Mayor of San Antonio), and several other unidentified people. President Johnson visited San Antonio, Texas, on this day to take part in HemisFair '68 celebrations and festivities.
Date: July 4, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Governor John Connally at Randolph Air Force Base

Photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Governor John Connally of Texas, and other people standing in a podium booth in front of a crowd at Randolph Air Force Base, on July 4, 1968. Walter W. McAllister (Mayor of San Antonio) and William Sinkin are visible standing in the background. President Johnson visited San Antonio, Texas, on this day to take part in HemisFair '68 celebrations and festivities. Several ladies, wearing colorful festive type dresses and hats, are standing in line in the background. A portion of the Presidential aircraft, Air Force One, is also visible in the background.
Date: July 4, 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Actors at HemisFair '68

Photograph of female actors in a play at HemisFair '68, including two adult actors standing to the left -- one wearing a tiger-like costume and the other dressed in an oriental-patterned robe. A small group of child actors are kneeling in the background to the right, and some are wearing Oriental-type dresses.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boat ride near the Texas Pavilion

Image of Boat rides near the Texas Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob Hope

A close-up profile view of Bob Hope speaking to or entertaining a group of people. Bob Hope was one of the entertainers who performed in the convention center theater at HemisFair '68.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bolivia Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Image of Bolivia Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bolivia Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Image of the Bolivia Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Canada Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Image of the Canada Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colombia Pavilion

Image of the Colombia Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Conference at HemisFair '68

Image of the Conference at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Downtown San Antonio at HemisFair '68

Aerial view of downtown San Antonio at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dress Exhibit at HemisFair '68

Image of the Dress exhibit at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Employees at HemisFair '68

Photograph of a hostess (center of image) wearing a striped sleeveless shirt, mini-skirt, and boots, and two men dressed in cowboy outfits standing and conversing in the middle of a plaza at HemisFair '68. There are several onlookers standing in the foreground and background and the Tower of the Americas is visible in the background.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family in front of Juan O'Gorman mosaic for the San Antonio Convention Center

Photograph of a family standing on a curved staircase outside the San Antonio Convention Center. The focus of the top half of the picture is of the mural “Confluence of Civilization in the Americas” by Juan O’Gorman
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family in front of the Carlos Mérida mural

Photograph from the ground floor of the San Antonio Convention Center, looking up toward the decorative domed ceiling. In the center of the image, a family is standing along the railing of a spiral staircase in front of the Carlos Merida mosaic mural and the father is holding up a camera pointed toward the ground floor.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Family in front of the Carlos Mérida mural

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.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fiesta Island-Rides at HemisFair '68

Image of Fiesta Island rides at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

George H. W. Bush and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York in front of the monorail

George H.W. Bush (Texas House of Representatives) and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York in front of the monorail at the 1968 World’s Fair known as HemisFair ’68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio. The Swiss-Sky ride gondolas, and the Tower of the Americas can be seen in the background.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Girls getting their feet wet at HemisFair '68

Photograph of four female adolescents sitting in a line on the ledge of a pool and dipping their feet in water at HemisFair '68, along with a boy who is sitting cross-legged next to them, at right. The two girls at right are turning toward each other as they remove their feet from the pool. Behind them, several long, shallow stairs are visible as well as the feet of people seated on benches above the steps.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

HemisFair hostesses

Photograph of three hostesses posing in uniform around a table with four chairs on a balcony at HemisFair '68. Two of the hostesses are wearing patterned dresses with hats as accessories, standing to the left and behind the table. The hostess sitting on the right side of the table is wearing a white outfit with a striped apron. In the background the United States Pavilion and several Swiss Skyride gondolas are visible.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

HemisFair hosts

Photograph of five male employees dressed in uniforms, posing in a group on a patio at HemisFair '68. The United States Pavilion and a single Swiss Skyride gondola are visible in the background.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

HemisFair hosts and hostesses

Photograph of a group of HemisFair '68 hosts and hostesses, posing in a line on a balcony or landing with decorative metalwork. Each is wearing a different fair uniform: two of the men are wearing a sportcoat and tie and the tallest man in the center of the group is wearing a safari jacket and western hat; the two women are wearing uniform dresses with hats as accessories. A single Skyride gondola is visible in the backround.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

IBM Exhibit

Photograph of IBM Pavilion visitors viewing a computer operating a Jacquard loom at the Lakeside Pavilion during the 1968 World's Fair.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: Zintgraff
System: The Portal to Texas History

Image of Full size figure sculptures at HemisFair '68

Image of full size figure sculptures at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History