People at park

Photograph of people getting on or off a water ride at an amusement park. The wait line wooden shelter is constructed like a multi-level deck with wooden hand railing and a roof made out of grass like material making the structure resemble a tiki hut. Several groups of people are getting on round wooden looking boats that may hold several people.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People at park

Photograph of several groups of people in an area of an amusement park, walking through a tunnel made out of wire fencing that protects them from the gondola sky ride area that is partially visible behind them on the left side of the picture.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People at park

Photograph of several groups of people in an area of an amusement park, walking through a tunnel made out of wire fencing that protects them from the gondola sky ride area that is partially visible on the left side of the picture. There are vines along the right side of the fence and yellow flowers lining the left side of the paved walkway as well as a grouping of wooden benches in the background, to the right.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People at park

Photograph of several groups of people walking through a wire fenced tunnel, covered with vines on the left side. This passageway protects the patrons from the gondola sky ride area, visible on the right side of the image, including several red-and-white gondolas.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People touring an amusement park

Photograph of people walking near an amusement park exhibit labeled "La Salle's Adventure," which includes a jungle-type fortress in the left side of the walkway. A sky ride gondola is also visible in the background close to the top of the image. One person on the walkway appears to be wearing a gondolier costume.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People touring park

Photograph of several small groups of people walking through a paved garden area of a theme park, including beds of flowers, shrubs, trees, and a flag pole to the left and back. There is a white and orange fabric structured pyramid in the center that towers over the walkway starting just above the gardens flower bed walls. There are benches, a newspaper vending machine, and a trash can on the left side of the walkway, as well as decorative poles around the edges.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

People at park

Photograph of several groups of people walking through a tunnel made out of wire fencing in an area of an amusement park. The right side of the fence has vines providing shade along the paved path while on the left side there are trees and shrubs several feet away. A man and small boy are next to a small wooden fenced area housing trash cans at the left side of the image.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Park area

Photograph of a walkway overlooking a rock cave tunnel covered in greenery where some visitors are on a boat that may be part of a park adventure ride. In the lower right hand of the picture you can see wooden railing and a wooden pole that seems to be holding up a thatched roof. A partial view of a dock can be seen on the lower left hand of the image.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Park area

Photograph of a paved walkway bordered with low, orange brick walls at an amusement park. At left, the landscaping includes tall plants and trees; toward the right, there is a tree ringed by yellow flowers in front of a one-story building with a Spanish-style tile roof.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boat tour

Photograph of people embarking and disembarking two large boats that are part of LaSalle’s Riverboat Adventure at Six Flags over Texas. The waiting area at the left part of the image is designed like an old wooden outpost and is decorated with palm trees and wooden barrels, with a dock where visitorsare lining up. The background of the outpost is overflowing with trees and lush foliage.
Date: October 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Theatre

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

Tower of the Americas construction

Worm's eye view of the Tower of Americas being constructed. In this photograph only the central concrete shaft has been completed and the tophouse has not yet been added. A mechanical crane is visible at the top of the concrete shaft.
Date: 1968~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tower of the Americas construction

Photograph of the construction site for HemisFair '68 in downtown San Antonio on an overcast day. The central concrete shaft (without the tophouse) of the Tower of the Americas is visible, and the upper most portion reaches into some light cloud cover.
Date: 1968~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Theatre

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

Overview of HemisFair crowds near the Confluence

Image of the Overview of HemisFair crowds near the Confluence 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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Johnson, Henry B. Gonzales, and Mayor Walter W. McAllister with group

Image of Mrs. Johnson, Henry B. Gonzales, and Mayor Walter W. McAllister with group 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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Johnson at an interview

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

Open area with people and colorful banners

Model of an open area with people and colorful banners for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Open area with two-story buildings and kiosk

Model of an open area with two-story buildings and kiosk of the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Monorail at HemisFair '68

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

Monorail at HemisFair '68

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

United States Confluence Theater

An artistic illustration of the United States Confluence Theater, one of two pavilions of the United States at HemisFair '68. It is a 70 foot high structure which had the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. The Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A." was shown in the theatre during the fair.
Date: 1968~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Model-San Antonio River with barge

Image of Model-San Antonio River with barge of the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History