[An amusement ride with passengers riding down curving tracks at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Supports for the ride's tracks extend across the left and right sides of the photograph's foreground, giving the appearance of the camera looking out from behind them. Metal cars filled with passengers ride tracks that twist into a curve and then a descending slope in the center of the photo. A metal walkway with railings stretches across the tracks the passengers ride along, with a ladder in the right side of the photo leading from the ground to the platform. The track extending behind the passengers' cars disappear into trees as it slopes downward.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Toy soldier statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a toy soldier statue behind a barred gate at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Behind the bars, the statue stands in front of a guard box with a dark roof and diagonally striped walls, placed against the wall of a building. The statue is designed as wearing the dark pants, light belted jacket, white gloves, and tall black hat of a Buckingham Palace guard. The soldier holds a fake rifle in its left hand, laying the gun's barrel against its left shoulder as it lifts its right leg up slightly as if to step. A tall bush in a planter sits to the left of the statue while a painted design is visible on the wall to the right of the statue.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Statues at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of statues at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The camera taking the photo faces a wall with an unlit room visible one floor up from ground level. The statues stand in the unlit room behind fake, painted columns with bars in "X" formations between them as railings. Fake, two-dimensional curtains also cover a portion of the room's opening, painted as being tied up to reveal the statues in their room. Above the curtains is a similarly designed gable with a clock painted in its center along with the words "Next Show" under the timepiece. Of the statues themselves, five can be seen in the photograph. The centermost statue wears a bicorne hat parallel to its shoulders along with similarly 19th century clothing in the form of a suit, arms raised into the air above the statue's right shoulder. Two more statues can be seen to the left of the first one, standing farther inside the unlit room and wearing similar clothing though they wear no hats. The fourth statue also stands in the background, to the right of the first statue, while the fifth and last statue stands in the foreground like the first one, though it is …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Three men singing at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of three men singing at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. All three have tall microphones they sing into, short-sleeved collared shirts, and tags pinned on their chests. One man sits while playing piano with his microphone placed to his right, looking towards the camera through rounded glasses. A Texas flag hangs on the piano's widest side. The other two men sit on wood stools set in front of the piano, with microphones on stands placed in front of them. The man closest to the viewer holds his microphone with his left hand while his right hand rests on his right thigh. The man also wears a metallic watch on his left wrist and a dark belt with his pants. The second man sitting in front of the piano sings with his eyes closed and his hands on his knees. Wooden railing runs across the background behind the three men, with a forested area of trees and bushes beyond it.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy drawing a girl's portrait at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a girl getting her portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The girl has long hair and is dressed in a striped sleeveless shirt, a skirt or shorts, and has a small necklace. She poses to be drawn by sitting diagonally in a seat while holding a pair of glasses. The boy illustrating the girl holds his drawing surface steady with his left hand while he draws with his right hand. The boy himself has short hair and wears a collared short-sleeved shirt with a watch on his left wrist. He props his drawing up on an easel lit by small lamps placed above the structure, as do the various other people participating in the activity in the background,. To the boy's right is a younger, little boy in a short-sleeved collared shirt and dark pants sitting in a chair while staring off-camera.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl getting her portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a girl drawing a portrait of another girl. In the right side of the photo, an easel is set up with a towel hanging over its right corner and with small overhanging lamps for light. The girl drawing the portrait sits in a chair, centered in the photo, with her back turned to the camera to face her easel. She has shoulder-length curling hair and wears a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark pants. There is also a tray of art supplies laying on her lap. The girl being drawn sits farther into the photo's background, next to the easel and facing the girl drawing her. The girl who's being drawn has her hair in pigtails and wears a sleeveless top, shorts, and shoes, with her feet propped up on the edge of a column behind the drawing girl's chair. Standing next to the column, halfway in the photo and with his back to the camera is a young boy who watches the portrait being drawn.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl getting her portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of a girl drawing a portrait of another girl. In the right side of the photo, an easel is set up with small overhanging lamps for light. The girl drawing the portrait sits in a chair, centered in the photo, with her back towards the left side of the photo as she faces her easel with her. The girl raises a pencil or paintbrush in her right hand, hovering in front of the portrait. She has shoulder-length curling hair and wears a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark pants. There is also a tray of art supplies laying on the artist's lap, on top of a towel, while a bucket filled with a liquid sits on the ground near her right foot. The girl being drawn sits farther into the photo's background, next to the easel with her head turning to look at the portrait being created. The girl who's being drawn has her hair in pigtails and wears a sleeveless top and shorts. Standing next a partially visible column that emerges from the left edge of the photo is a young boy, leaning against the column with his back to the camera as he turns …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl getting her portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 3]

Photograph of a girl drawing a portrait of another girl. In the right side of the photo, an easel is set up with small overhanging lamps for light. The girl drawing the portrait sits in a chair, centered in the photo, with her back towards the left side of the photo as she faces her easel. The girl raises a pencil or paintbrush in her right hand, hovering in front of the portrait. She has shoulder-length curling hair and wears a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up and dark pants. There is also a tray of art supplies laying on the artist's lap, on top of a towel, while a bucket filled with a liquid sits on the ground near her right foot. The girl being drawn sits farther into the photo's background, next to the easel with her head turning to look at the portrait being created. The girl who's being drawn has her hair in pigtails and wears a sleeveless top, shorts, and shoes. Standing next a partially visible column that emerges from the left edge of the photo is a young boy, leaning against the column with his back to the camera as he turns his …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Western actors at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington sitting on and walking across a porch]

Photograph of western actors at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The actors, two men with mustaches wearing hats, long-sleeved shirts, vests, long pants, and shoes, occupy the covered porch of a saloon-styled building that is photographed with its front side facing towards the left side of the photo. The building has white walls and darkly painted doors and window frames, while the porch has dark wood flooring and railing. The porch also has one set of stairs across from the building's front doors and a second set on the side of the porch facing the camera. Walking towards this second set of stairs is one of the western actors, looking down as crosses the porch. The second actor sits in a chair positioned before one of two sets of doors that leads into the building, looking down towards his hands. In the background beyond the building is a crowd of onlookers in modern clothing, standing next to a second saloon-style property. Trees grow in-between and around both buildings in the photograph.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

A young girl on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas. She has long dark hair and wears a t-shirt with horizontal stripes in two repeating colors. She looks towards the right side of the camera while sitting in a small car resembling a vintage buggy designed with a flat roof, oval rearview window, circular headlights, no window glass, low open sides instead of doors, wheels with thick tires, one visible seat, and two steering wheels. The small car sits on an elevated, rounded wooden platform with a large cloth canopy shading it. The canopy, also curvilinear in shape, has a repeating design of vertical stripes in three alternating colors. Structurally, it is held up by posts or rods that extend diagonally into the air from an off-camera source. In the photo's background, trees emerge from behind a wooden fence.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking towards the right side of the photo. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has two open rows for seating, with the boy sitting in the one towards the front of the car in which three steering wheels have been placed; the boy is seated behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car, with a third automobile sitting in the background with a second young boy in it. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a base with a multitude of lightbulbs sticking out of it, which sits on its own sloping base. Connected to the central column are small beams extending like wheel spokes up to the …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A girl viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a girl viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The hippo head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has its mouth opened wide as it faces the left side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base, which the young girl stands next to as she reaches her right hand into the hippo's mouth. The girl has short hair and wears a striped sleeveless shirt, and smiles at the camera directly. In the foreground of the photo is the top of a tall object, its shape resembling a gambrel roof. Between this object and the hippo statue are two thin tree branches extending from the left side of the photo, originating from an off-camera plant. A second tree emerges from the right side of the image, next to the hippo head statue, with its branches obscuring background details in the top right corner of the photo. Beyond the hippo statue is paved ground leading to chain link fencing shaded by a cloth canopy, behind which are architectural structures and trees.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Two girls viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a girl viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The hippo head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has its mouth opened wide as it faces the right side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base, which one of the young girls stands next to as she reaches her right hand into the hippo's mouth. The girl has short hair and wears a striped sleeveless shirt, and smiles at the camera directly. The second girl stands behind the hippo head open mouth, head turned down and eyes closed. She has her hair long hair in pigtails and wears a dark t-shirt and a thin necklace. Behind the hippo statue is a small tree, it's thin branches and leaves occupying most of the top left corner of the photo. Standing behind this tree, at the left edge of the image, is a rectangular sign with the word "elephant" on it. Beyond the sign are two adult figures, one standing with their back to the camera while the other walks to the right, becoming partially obscured by the hippo statue. A second tree emerges from off-camera, on the right side …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A child viewing a lion head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a child viewing a lion head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The lion head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has its mouth opened wide as it faces the right side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base with the partially visible words "Feed" and "I love" on its front side along with a small step at the bottom, which the child stands on to lean in for a closer look inside the lion's mouth. The child has short hair and wears a striped sleeveless shirt, shorts, knee-high socks, and sneakers. To the left of the lion head statue, mostly off-camera, is a tall rectangular object with a slanting top, behind which is a partially visible tree trunk. These objects and the lion statue sit in a gravel area enclosed by a small curb that stops at a rectangular grate in the photo's foreground, before the statue's base. To the right of the lion head, outside the curb, is a short cylindrical object sitting on a small square base. In the background beyond the lion head statue is a thin tree, centered in the photo, behind which is one side …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Three men singing at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of three men singing at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. All three have tall microphones they sing into, short-sleeved collared shirts, and tags pinned on their chests. One man sits while playing piano with his microphone placed to his right, looking towards the camera through rounded glasses. A Texas flag hangs on the piano's widest side. The other two men sit on wood stools set in front of the piano, with microphones on stands placed in front of them. Both men sit with their feet on a rung of their stools and rest their hands on their knees while they sing, with neither facing the camera. The man closest to the viewer wears long pants and a dark belt with his shirt, while the other man on a stool wears a lighter belt with his pants, along with matching shoes. Wooden railing runs across the background behind the three men, with a forested area of trees and bushes beyond it.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

{Architecture at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.}

Photograph of architecture taken at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. In the left corner of the photo's foreground is a wooden sign, facing away from the camera, and a small bush. In the photo's right side is an area shaded by a flat rectangular roof, with the one corner visible in the photo held up by two columns on the same rectangular base. A potted plant hangs between the two columns while a lightbulb sticks out from the underside of the roof near the columns. To the left of the columns' base is an object resembling a large bowl turned on its side with a smaller bowl affixed in its center. To the left of this circular object is a small potted tree, behind which is a paved walkway and wooden fencing against a wall. At the top of the wall is a line of small bushes in front of a three-tier water fountain. Behind the fountain is a tall building that faces the right side of the photo and has a columned porch, flat roof, and large lanterns that hang from the porch's ceiling. Opposite the building, in the right side of the background, is a crowd of …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy getting his portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a boy getting his portrait drawn at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. In the center of the photo, a man with short wavy hair and glasses dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and pants sits in a chair in front of an easel where he draws and paints the boy's portrait. The man has his art supplies in a tray on his lap and a towel laid over his left shoulder as he faces away from the camera, with the portrait he's working on pinned to a board on his easel. Two small lamps hang above the easel with a thick cord leading up and off-camera from the top of the easel. The young boy being drawn sits in a chair farther into the photo next to the easel as he faces the camera with a smile. The boy has short hair and wears dark glasses and a long-sleeved collared shirt. To the left and right of the young boy are additional easels and chairs, each with a bucket next to them. To the right of the boy's easel a young girl sits in a chair with her long hair tied back into a ponytail, wearing a striped …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of people viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The hippo head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has its mouth opened wide as it faces the right side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base, which two young boys stand in front of to examine the hippo's mouth. One boy, with short hair and dressed in a short-sleeved t-shirt and shorts, stands next to the front right corner of the statue with one hand on the edge of the hippo's mouth. The boy looks up at the top of the hippo's mouth while the second boy, similarly dressed and standing to his left, looks down at a cup the shorter boy holds in his right hand. Two men stand near the boys watching them, with the short-haired man on the left closing his eyes as he smiles. Both him and the man to his right wear dark pants and short-sleeved collared shirts. Additionally, the man on the right has shades in his shirt pocket, a bag hanging from his left shoulder, short hair combed to the side, stripes on his shirt, and has his left hand in his …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking towards the right side of the photo. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has an open row for seating with three steering wheels at its front, with the boy seated behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car that also has no roof, windows, or doors. Two additional automobiles are visible in the background between the two foreground vehicles. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a sloping base and has small beams extending like wheel spokes up to the canopy, holding it aloft. The canopy itself has a design of three alternating stripes and a scalloped edge with hanging fringe.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 3]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking towards the right side of the photo. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has two open rows for seating, with the boy sitting in the one towards the front of the car in which three steering wheels have been placed. The boy sits behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo, holding it with his right hand. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car, with a third automobile sitting in the background with a second young boy in it. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a base with a multitude of lightbulbs sticking out of it, which sits on its own sloping base with stripes and fringe. Connected to the central column are …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 4]

Photograph of a boy on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The young boy has short hair and wears a sleeveless shirt. He sits behind a steering wheel in a small car while looking directly at the camera. The car is a six-wheeler with its headlights positioned below the slanting hood of the vehicle. It also has an open row for seating, with the boy sitting behind the wheel closest to the left edge of the photo, holding it with his right hand. Additionally, the car doesn't have a roof or doors. To the right of the boy's car is the end of another car. The cars sit on a wood floor with supports for a cloth canopy at its center. The main column holding up the canopy rises from a base with a multitude of lightbulbs sticking out of it, which sits on its own sloping base with stripes and fringe. Connected to the central column are small beams extending like wheel spokes up to the canopy, holding it aloft. The canopy itself has a design of three alternating stripes and a scalloped edge with hanging fringe.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A man and four children on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Photograph of a man and four children on an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. They all stand against a plain, curving wall lined with rivets and look across the room rather than at the camera directly. The four kids are positioned next to one another in the left half of the photo while the man stands at the right edge of the image. The first child has her hair in pigtails and wears a sleeveless top with a necklace, pants, and sandals, and stands with her arms pressed against the wall behind her. To her right, the second kid wears a short-sleeved shirt, pants, and sneakers, and has his arms raised above his head. The third kid has her arms against the wall and wears a sleeveless shirt, shorts, and sneakers, with her hair pinned on the left by a barrette. The fourth and final child has his arms raised next to his head and is dressed in a short-sleeved shirt, pants, and sneakers. To his right stands a man with a mustache holding a folded paper in his right hand, possibly a map, while wearing a button-up short-sleeved shirt, pants, and sneakers.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Water fountain at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a water fountain at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Water falls from rows of spouts positioned in a spherical formation on a central pole, resulting in the falling water having a domed appearance at the top of the fountain before falling straight down into a curb enclosed pool. In the left corner of the photo, in the foreground, is a tree surrounded by shrubs in a brick base. The branches of an off-camera tree stretch from the right side of the image, partially obscuring the top of the water fountain. Other brick planters containing trees and small plants can be seen throughout the background behind the water fountain. A crowd of people can be seen in the right half of the background behind a brick planter, either sitting on the edge of the bricks or standing next to the planter.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Water fountain at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of a water fountain at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Water falls from rows of spouts positioned in a spherical formation on a central pole, resulting in the falling water having a domed appearance at the top of the fountain before falling straight down into a curb enclosed pool. In the left corner of the photo, in the foreground, is a small tree surrounded by shrubs in a brick base. Other brick planters containing trees and small plants are spaced apart from one another in a loose ring around the fountain. Three flag poles rise behind the trees, their flags mostly disappearing off-camera while trimmed grass fills the area between the edge of the fountain and the tree planters. In the left side of the photo, in the background beyond the planted trees, is a tall trash can to the left of a flat bench. On the opposite side of the photo, the background contains an additional trash can and a few pedestrians. A clocktower emerges from a cluster of trees behind the pedestrians, with a fenced balcony surrounding the base of its upward-curving top.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library