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Construction of the Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas.

Description: Photograph of the HemisFair construction site dominated by the shaft of the Tower of the Americas. The tower's tophouse has not yet been put in place. In front of the tower, two carriages of the Swiss Skyride can be seen.
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Construction of the Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas

Description: Photograph of the HemisFair construction site, with the shaft of the Tower of the Americas visible in the center background of the image. The tower's tophouse has not yet been put in place. In front of the tower, three carriages of the Swiss Skyride are suspended by cables and one of the canals is under construction beneath.
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Flags of Various Countries

Description: Image of flags of various countries lining Broadway St. near the San Antonio Light Newspaper.
Date: August 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Flags of Various Countries

Description: Image of flags of the various countries lined on Broadway St. at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: August 1967
Location: 29.435347 -98.479564
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Flags of Various Countries

Description: Image of downtown Broadway St. lined with flags of various countries. More than twenty countries participated in HemisFair '68 and had pavilions.
Date: August 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

HemisFair '68 billboard

Description: Photograph of a billboard sign advertising the HemisFair'68 alongside of the road inviting citizens to the HemisFair'68 event. The billboard design includes a picture of the San Antonio Tower of the Americas, flags, and the U.S. Pavilion. "Dietz McLean Optical Co." is prominently displayed at the top of the billboard.
Date: September 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

HemisFair construction site.

Description: Photograph showing some of the construction site of HemisFair '68. In the background at left is the not yet completed Convention Center/Civic Center. In the foreground two workers are maintaining a construction fence.
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop

Description: Hemisfair model with “Viva Hemisfair” prop for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: December 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model - IBM Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: Image of a model of the IBM Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model - IBM Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: Image of a model of the IBM Pavilion at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model - LIDO Building at HemisFair '68

Description: Image of a model of the LIDO building at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: August 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Picketing workers

Description: Two union workers picketing at the HemisFair construction site. One of them holds a sign that reads 'This job is unsafe'.
Date: 1967~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Street Renovation

Description: Image of downtown street renovation.
Date: August 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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