Hemisfair $200 Million Dollar Dream (open access)

Hemisfair $200 Million Dollar Dream

Typed document by William Sinkin, President of San Antonio Fair, Inc. about San Antonio hosting a world's fair in 1968, called HemisFair. The document summarizes the administrative and financial work accomplished to date and outlines the road ahead for financial, local and state government support in order for the fair to become a reality.
Date: 1964
Creator: Sinkin, Bill
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map-Site plan of HemisFair

Image of Map-Site plan of HemisFair, the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: December 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map-Site plan of HemisFair

Image of Map-Site plan of HemisFair, the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: December 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

HemisFair second annual dinner meeting

Photograph taken at the HemisFair second annual dinner meeting held February 18, 1964 at the St. Anthony Hotel. William Sinkin is speaking to the dinner guests from a podium.
Date: February 18, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan-HemisFair site plan study

Image of HemisFair site plan study of the grounds Hemisfair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Executive Headquarters at HemisFair '68

Image of the executive headquarters at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Executive Headquarters at HemisFair '68

Image of the executive headquarters at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and William Sinkin

Photograph of Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota being presented an Ambassador certificate for HemisFair by William Sinkin. Standing next to Hubert Humphrey is his wife, Muriel. There are other unidentified men standing in the background. Sinkin served as President of the Board of Directors of San Antonio Fair, Inc. from April 1963 - November 1964.
Date: 1964?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
HemisFair $200 Million Dollar Dream (open access)

HemisFair $200 Million Dollar Dream

Typed document by William Sinkin, President of San Antonio Fair, Inc. about San Antonio hosting a world's fair in 1968, called HemisFair. The document summarizes the administrative and financial work accomplished to date and outlines the road ahead for financial, local and state government support in order for the fair to become a reality.
Date: 1964
Creator: Sinkin, William, 1913-
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History