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[1961 Chapter of the Links, Inc., Group Portrait]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified women, gathered together for a group picture inside a home residence. They belong to the 1961 San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc., a service organization advocating cultural and economic empowerment for African-American women. They wear formal attire and are grouped into two rows. Living room furniture and decor can be seen around them.
Date: 1961
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.

[Chapter of the Links, Inc., Group Portrait During Formal Event]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified women, gathered together for a group picture inside a home residence. They belong to the 1961 San Antonio Chapter of the Links, Inc., a service organization advocating cultural and economic empowerment for African-American women. They wear elegant formal attire and stand in a long row. A cloth-covered table with cut-out lace trim is in the middle. A large punch bowl, a floral arrangement, candles, and stacked dishes have been placed on top.
Date: 1961
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.

People at amusement park

Description: Close-up photograph of a crowd of people, including children and adults, at an amusement park concessions area with themed signs visible at left. Popular cola signs can be seen toward the background, above the crowd as well as a portion of a Ferris wheel.
Date: October 1966

People at park

Description: 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

People at park

Description: 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

People at park

Description: 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

People at park

Description: 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

People touring an amusement park

Description: 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

Skull Island

Description: Photograph of two people walking up to the entrance of an amusement area, which has four wooden decorative pillar posts with a metal roof and a long rectangular sign made of bamboo mat with the name "Skull Island." There is a curved, white brick garden wall to the left entrance and a blue-and-white trash bin to the right, as well as trees surrounding the area.
Date: October 1966

People touring park

Description: 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

People at park

Description: 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

Park area

Description: 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

People at park

Description: Photograph of a walkthrough area of an amusement park with various buildings and street amusements around walkways bordering roped-off green spaces. A crowd of people are gathered around a clown on stilts, at left, while others are passing by or going into an assortment of shops and eateries visible in the background, at right.
Date: October 1966

Lady Bird Johnson, William Sinkin, and Henry B. Gonzalez in Johnson City, Texas

Description: Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson (left) shoveling dirt while planting a rose bush near Johnson City, at the site of Lyndon B. Johnson's boyhood home. William "Bill" Sinkin, and Henry B. Gonzalez (right) are standing next to her, looking at the bush, and several spectators are standing along a wooden fence directly behind them.
Date: December 17, 1966

Park area

Description: 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

Boat tour

Description: 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

Choir members posing in formation

Description: Photograph of choir members wearing long robes, posing in the shape of a treble clef in a grassy field. Stamped on the back: "D. Neil Darnell. First Baptist Church, 1200 9th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas 76301."
Date: 1968?
Creator: Jimmie Collier's Studio

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: 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~

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: 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~

Paddle Boats at HemisFair '68

Description: Image of people paddle boating on the San Antonio River at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

The Panama House at HemisFair '68

Description: Illustration of the Panama House and International Sector at the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: 1968
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