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Aerial view of HemisFair '68 construction site

Description: Aerial view of the HemisFair '68 construction site, including partially completed buildings that will be the Institute of Texan Cultures, the Tower of the Americas, and the HemisFair Arena in the center of the image. Buildings of downtown San Antonio, Texas are visible in the background.
Date: 1968?
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Aerial view of downtown San Antonio, Texas

Description: Photograph of downtown San Antonio, Texas with the partially-constructed central concrete shaft of the Tower of the Americas (without the tophouse) and the HemisFair Arena visible in the background. A highway interchange is visible in the foreground, at the bottom of the image. The Tower of the Americas and the HemisFair Arena were constructed for HemisFair '68.
Date: 1968?
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: Photograph taken from the base of the Tower of the Americas during construction. Only the central concrete shaft has been completed and a segment of the steel frame for the tophouse is shown at the base; a mechanical crane is visible at the top of the concrete shaft.
Date: 1967~
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: Photograph of the early stages of construction of the Tower of the Americas, when the wedge-shaped concrete support structures for the tower have been constructed at the base, with rebar and a mechanical crane directly on top. Three signs are situated along the wire fence surrounding the construction site. One of the signs reads "Tower of the Americas - Darragh & Lyda, San Antonio, Texas / H.A. Lott, Houston, Texas - (a joint venture) general contractors".
Date: 1966~
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

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?
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Ford blue oval sign structure

Description: Photograph of onlookers and a person on a ladder, working on the Ford Motor Company's blue oval sign next to a pavilion under construction at the 1968 World’s Fair known as HemisFair ’68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: 1968
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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?
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Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fair]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about construction going on at the Hemsifair.
Date: November 12, 1967
Duration: 5 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Midland City Hall Cornerstone Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of the cornerstone ceremony for the Midland City Hall, arraigned by the Masonic Lodge. The cornerstone is held by chains above the base of the City Hall's wall, nine courses of bricks partially built with a Mason holding a trowel above one of the corners of the wall. A band with sheet music stands is behind the wall, seated and watching the lowering of the corner stone, while the Texan flag is visible at left.
Date: November 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 31.999807 -102.075254
Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Invoices and Shipping Order for Binswanger Glass Co., May 8, 1962]

Description: Duplicate Invoice prepared for Fannie Kempner Adoue by Binswanger Glass Co. with a description of services, charges, tax, and total balance due. Invoice prepared for Fannie Kempner Adoue by Binswanger Glass Co. with a description of services, charges, tax, and total balance due. Shipping order prepared for Fannie Kempner Adoue by Binswanger Glass Co. with the shipping date and carrier.
Date: May 8, 1962
Creator: Binswanger Glass Co.
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Partner: Rosenberg Library
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