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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The Cave

Description: Photograph of a boy walking into the Cave amusement ride at Six Flags Over Texas. The entrance to the ride is simulated like a cave entrance with rockery surrounding the opening. Other visitors are visible on the paved walkways.
Date: October 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

Description: Photograph of two women walking in an amusement park, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. There is a dining pavilion labeled "Naler's Plantation House" behind them, where people are seated at tables, and a sign on a pole to the left that says, "Picture Spot".
Date: October 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Portrait of Two Young Children]

Description: Photograph portrait of two young children. The child to the left stands and wears a slightly dark and buttoned top, a skirt, and shoes. The child to the right is seated on a small fringed chair and is wearing a white dress and shoes.
Date: 1890~
Creator: Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Elizabeth Greenon Horseback at Fat Stock Show]

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Green wearing a cowboy hat, neck tie, shirt and jeans. She is sitting atop a tacked horse. They are in front of a large group of people, horses, and vehicles gathered among two buildings with semicircular shapes. The building on the left has the word "Cattle" over its doorway, and the building on the right has the words "Cattle Judging."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Kelly Roper Sawyer Food Store

Description: Photograph of the Kelly, Roper, and Sawyer Food Store at W. Abram St. and Pecan St. in Arlington. The store has lettering with its name on the front and side. There is a Coca-Cola ad in the window on the right. There are several cars parked around it. The building is viewed from across a street, and there is another store on the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Lud Cox

Description: Photograph of young Lud Cox in the yard at the Cox home in east Arlington. The child is standing between two trees in front of the house, pulling a wagon. There are other people standing on the porch of the house.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Downtown Arlington Ready for Demolition

Description: Photograph of part of downtown Arlington being prepared for a demolition in 1972. It was taken from across an intersection. Among the buildings sectioned off are a pharmacy, Hutton Pianos and Organs, and Walter's Auto Supply. There is a truck by the buildings, and a car is on the road.
Date: 1972
Creator: Hudspeth, Rural
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

General Motors 1960s

Description: Aerial photograph looking northwest of the General Motors plant in Arlington in the 1960s. The factory building is large. There are cars in parking lots on the right. The area is surrounded by fields.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Arlington Gem and Mineral Show

Description: Photograph of the Arlington Gem and Mineral Show in the armory at Randol Mill. People are gathered around small tables that display gems in a large room. There are signs for A. G. Parser, Inc. and Eckert Mineral Research Inc.
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

T&P Depot

Description: Photograph of the T&P railroad station at 110 N. Center St. in Arlington. A group of children and a few adults are standing outside the red building by the tracks.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

T&P Depot

Description: Postcard of the T&P railroad station at 110 N. Center St. in Arlington. There is a building beside the tracks with some equipment in the area. Power lines are behind the station. Jack D. Caffey's address is on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Group Portrait of Young Women]

Description: Photograph of a group of women, likely the female graduates listed in the Arlington High School Commencement Program. They are standing outside a brick building wearing hats and light colored dresses, posed in two rows.
Date: 1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

See Seven Seas

Description: Brochure for Seven Seas sea life park. The brochure describes the park's attractions and has art of whales, dolphins, a polar bear, a ship, an elephant seal, a penguin, fish, and people. The back side of the brochure is an artist's map of the park.
Date: 1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
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