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Texas Governor John Connally speaking at an event

Description: Photograph of Texas Governor John Connally speaking from a podium at an indoor event. Behind him is the American flag. Governor Connally was active in the planning for HemisFair '68 and accepted the position of Commissioner General of HemisFair in 1965.
Date: 1968~

Thailand Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: Image of the Thailand Pavilion 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]

Tour bus in front of the Alamo

Description: Photograph of two men standing next to an air conditioned tour bus #730 parked in front of the Alamo (visible at left). One of the men is pointing to a sign on the bus that reads "HemisFair '68." A sign for the Crocket Hotel is visible in the background, to the right of the Alamo.
Date: 1968~
Location: 29.425850 -98.486726

Tower concept drawing

Description: Copy print of concept artwork for the proposed Tower of the Americas by architect O'Neil Ford, a 750-foot, 4.5 million dollar structure containing an observation tower/restaurant located in San Antonio, Texas. The tower would contain 3 elevators, have a capacity of 17,500 persons and facilities that would include 2 observation decks, food vending machines, gift shop, post office, a main level, mezzanine and a club level.
Date: 1965

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of people at HemisFair '68 near the United States Pavilion, partially visible at right. The Tower of the Americas is visible in the background, including two observation decks and revolving restaurant at the top. A single Swiss Skyride car is suspended between the buildings.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of the upper half of the Tower of the Americas, framed by two Swiss Skyride cars with passengers in them. At the top of the Tower are two observation decks and a revolving restaurant that can accomodate 512 patrons. The Skyride cars carry visitors 80 feet above the ground.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of the entire Tower of the Americas at the HemisFair '68 site, with a crane in front and slightly to the right. It appears that some construction equipment may also be visible at the top, where there are two observation decks and a revolving restaurant. The dome of the HemisFair Arena is visible in the background, to the left.
Date: 1968?

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of the top portion of the Tower of the Americas, which was constructed for HemisFair '68 held in San Antonio, Texas. Windows of the observation decks and the revolving restaurant are visible. The left half of the photographs shows three flags on flag poles, two of which are identifiable as the United States flag and the flag of the Confederacy.
Date: 1968

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of the upper half of the Tower of the Americas, framed by two Swiss Skyride cars with passengers in them. At the top of the Tower are two observation decks and a revolving restaurant that can accommodate 512 patrons. The Skyride cars carry visitors 80 feet above the ground.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

Tower of the Americas

Description: An artistic illustration of the Tower of the Americas. The tower was the focus of HemisFair '68 and is 622 feet tall and features two observation decks, a revolving restaurant, and glass fronted elevators. In the picture the walkways are crowded with visitors to the fair.
Date: 1968?

Tower of the Americas

Description: An artistic illustration of the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds. The focal point is the Tower of the Americas. Other prominent buildings shown are the Convention Center and the Arena. Buildings of downtown San Antonio are shown in the middle ground and the hills of the Texas Hill Country are in the background.
Date: 1968?

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph looking up at two adults and two children standing at the railing of a bridge during HemisFair '68, with the Tower of the Americas visible at right. One of the children, a girl, is holding some flowers and the woman is taking a photograph.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

Tower of the Americas

Description: Photograph of the 622 foot Tower of Americas and four carriages from the Swiss Skyride passing in front. The Swiss Skyride was one of the forms of transportation at HemisFair '68, and it carried visitors 80 ft. above the ground.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]

Tower of the Americas and Confluence Theater at night

Description: Photograph at night of the Tower of the Americas in the background (at left) and one side of the U.S. Confluence Theater at right. The Confluence Theater is lit with yellow light from the inside and outside, while the central shaft and base of the observation deck are lit with white light. At the top of the observation deck is a ring of yellow lights that line its circumference.
Date: 1968

Tower of the Americas at night

Description: Photograph of the HemisFair '68's tallest structure, the Tower of the Americas, illuminated at night near the completion of construction.
Date: 1968?

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~
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