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TI To Recommend Lunar Surface Studies for Project Apollo (open access)

TI To Recommend Lunar Surface Studies for Project Apollo

Press release from Texas Instruments Incorporated, re: TI To Recommend Lunar Surface Studies for Project Apollo. The press release is to notify that TI has been awarded a contract to investigate scientific measurements and geological students made by the first astronauts to land on the moon.
Date: October 25, 1963
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[An amusement ride with passengers riding down 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 face downward as their tracks 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. Additional tracks for the ride can be seen in the background of the photo, disappearing amongst trees and track supports, with one line of tracks extending over both the passengers and the platform above them.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Photograph of an amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. Narrow tracks run along gravel bordered with large rocks in the foreground while tracks in the background rise and twist above the ground, supported by posts and stilts. The ride is situated in a fenced, grassy area with bushes and trees growing around the ride's tracks and supports. On the tracks that rise into the air and extend off-camera, passengers are seated throughout three metal cars which approach an upward turn in the tracks, lead up through the center of the photo..
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of an animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A man in a t-shirt and pants holds a bucket in his left hand while standing on a stage, which has been photographed with its front facing the right side of the photo. He turns to the right to face an animal, likely a sea lion or other aquatic mammal, holding itself up on a two-legged stand. Behind the man is a large box with a design reminiscent of treasure chests in pop culture, with a soccer ball resting atop it. Above the stage and draping behind it in the background is an expansive net as well as lines of pennants. On the left side of the brick base the stage is built on are two sockets with wires extending off-camera. On the right side, a woman with her hair up in a large bun and wearing a one-piece bathing suit stands on a small platform to the stage's base, with a bucket hanging from the platform's railing. She turns away from the camera to look at the man an animal onstage. Beyond the stage and its occupants are multiple tall trees, their leaves blocking out most of …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of an animal performance at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A man in a t-shirt and pants holds reaches a hand towards an animal, both seen on a stage which has been photographed with its front facing the right side of the photo. He turns to the right to face the animal, likely a sea lion or other aquatic mammal, which holds itself up on a two-legged stand. Behind the man is a large box with a design reminiscent of treasure chests in pop culture, with a bucket resting atop it. Above the stage and draping behind it in the background is an expansive net as well as lines of pennants. On the left side of the brick base the stage is built on are two sockets with wires extending off-camera. Emerging above the backside of the stage, behind the treasure chest box, are two ladders seemingly leaning against the stage. Beyond the stage and its occupants are multiple tall trees, their leaves blocking out most of the sky.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Artic Ride at Seven Seas Marine Life Park]

Photograph of a boy on the Artic Ride, amusement ride at Seven Seas Marine Life Park in Arlington, Texas. The boy is riding in an "iceburg" shaped floating car that travels along a moving body of water. The boy is traveling through a covered portion of the ride in the image.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Photograph of a young boy 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 the boy stands in front of as he rests his left hand on one of the base's corners while his right hand reaches out to touch the hippo's chin. The boy has short hair and wears a short-sleeved t-shirt and shorts. To the left of the hippo statue, farther into the background, is a sign with the text "elephant" over an image of the animal. Rising from behind the hippo statue's base and stretching across the top right corner of the photo are thin tree branches, their foliage partially obscuring background details. Additional trees can be seen in the background beyond the hippo statue along with blurry pedestrians walking between the trees or sitting near them.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

Photograph of children viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The hippo head statue has a smooth, reflective surface and has opens its mouth wide as it faces the left side of the photo. The head sits on a tall metal base, which four young boys crowd around to look inside the hippo's mouth. All of the boys have short hair and wear short-sleeved shirts and pants. To the left of the boys stands a girl in a polka-dot hat, shades, sleeveless shirt, shorts, and sneakers who holds a bag in her right hand as her left arm reaches between the hippo's jaws. Emerging from the bottom left corner of the photo is another woman, holding a cigarette in her right hand and wearing a ribbon in her ponytail, earrings, a ring, and a short-sleeved shirt. She looks at the group clustered around the hippo head, seemingly walking towards them. In the background behind the hippo statue and its viewers are multiple trees with thin branches that fill the top corners of the image.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of children 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 most of the kids crowd around to look inside the hippo's mouth. Four young boys stand close to the statue, all with short hair and short-sleeved shirts worn with pants or shorts. A taller person stands farther in the background, reaching their left arm inside the hippo's mouth and wearing a polka-dotted hat, shades, and a sleeveless shirt. Watching the five people in front of the hippo statue are a young boy and a man who both have short hair and wear short-sleeved shirts. The man stands with his hands on his hips and wears shorts with a belt. Thin trees and their foliage fill the background behind the statue and its viewers.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 3]

Photograph of children 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 away from the camera towards the photo's background. The head sits on a tall metal base, which two young boys stand next to as they interact with the statue. Both boys have short hair and wear short-sleeved shirts and pants. One boy stands to the left of the statue while reaching his right arm into the hippo's mouth, while the other stands directly in front of the hippo on a step attached to the base. Standing behind and to the right of the second boy is a taller person wearing a polka-dotted hat and shades along with a sleeveless shirt. This person looks across the photo at boy standing at the left edge of the image, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and pants while he reaches an arm out towards the boy standing to the left of the hippo statue. A slanting cloth canopy and tall chain-link fencing can be seen in the background behind the hippo head statue's viewers.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 4]

Photograph of children 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 away from the camera towards the photo's background. The head sits on a tall metal base, which two young boys stand next to as they interact with the statue. Both boys have short hair and wear short-sleeved shirts and pants. One boy stands to the left of the statue while reaching his right arm into the hippo's mouth, facing away from the camera. The second boy stands at the front of the hippo statue and looks directly at the camera. Standing behind and to the left of the second boy is a taller person wearing a polka-dotted hat and shades along with a sleeveless shirt. This person turns away from the camera to look into the background, in which a large slanting cloth canopy and a paved walkway can be seen. Multiple blurry figures can be seen in the right half of the photo's background, some standing in the shade provided by the cloth canopy.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children viewing a hippo head statue at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 5]

Photograph of children 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 of the children stand in front of as they look into the hippo's mouth. The kid on the left wears a floppy hat, dog tag necklace, and a sleeveless patterned dress, and has her long hair tied back. A smaller child with short curling hair stands to her right while wearing a Stars and Stripes patterned hat, sleeveless t-shirt, dog tag necklace, and wristwatch, and holds a long rolled up paper in his left hand. A balloon attached to a string floats behind the boy, above his head. Behind the boy are two more children, one sitting in a wheelchair while the other stands behind to hold handles atop the chair's back. The kid in the wheelchair has short hair and looks directly at the camera somewhat smiling while wearing a small necklace and a t-shirt. The kid also holds a pair of crutches and a balloon. The fourth and last …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Close-up of people on the Mine Train amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington]

Close-up photograph of people on the Mine Train amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The ride has multiple open-air cars with three rows of seating each, moving towards the right along rails affixed to the ground. The number four can be seen in the top corners of the first car's front side as well as towards the bottom edge of each seat. Two girls sit in the first car's front seat and turn to talk to each other while an older passenger in the seat behind them turns to look back at a laughing boy in in the third row. Ivy emerges from off-camera to fill the top left corner of the image while grass grows underneath and around the Mine Train ride's tracks. Tall trees emerge into a slightly cloudy sky behind the ride.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A display at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 1]

Photograph of a display at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A wall painted in a flat illustration style mimics the appearance of a house, complete with windows and decorative occupants. In the top of the photograph a man and woman have been created, likely painted cut-outs, who have been depicted as wearing clothing likely from the early 20th century. They stand behind a large railing, with a diamond pattern painted on the wall below it. To the left of the railing is a roof painted to look like it's shingled, below which is a window whose right shutter is being opened by another cut-out figure. This figure has been positioned as peeking out from behind the left shutter while holding the right one open with an arm. Below the window is the top of a tall bush or shrub, to the left of which is the top of a propped-open door that appears to be both modern and functional. On the left of the open window and its figure is another window, though this one lacks shutters and is simply open-air. The top and right edges of the open window have been painted to appear as if they have …
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[A display at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, 2]

Photograph of a display at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A wall painted in a flat illustration style mimics the appearance of a house, complete with windows and decorative occupants. In the top of the photograph a is a roof painted to look like it's shingled, below which is a window whose right shutter is being opened by a painted cut-out figure. This figure has been positioned as peeking out from behind the left shutter while holding the right one open with an arm. Below the window is the top of a tall bush or shrub in a square planter. On the left of the open window and its figure is another window, though this one lacks shutters and is simply open-air. The top and right edges of the open window have been painted to appear as if they have curtains. To the right of the shuttered window and the plant below it is a vertical diamond pattern painted onto the wall, leading up to a large painted railing at the top right corner of the photo.
Date: [1965..1977]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library