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Boat tour

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Canopies over a sidewalk at a park

Photograph of a rest area at an amusement park with triangular canvas canopies suspended by wires and central poles, arranged at an angle over a paved walk area with seating benches. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.

Date: October 1966

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Merry-go-round

Photograph of people walking at an amusement park, with a merry-go-round filled with riders in the background. The merry-go-round is covered with a canopy and has horse statues fixed to poles for its riders. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.

Date: October 1966

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Open area walk fountain at park

Photograph of landscaping at an amusement park, including a grassy area with a few small trees and several scattered circular red-brick flower beds, as well as a small pond with a fountain at the center. In the background there are people walking on a sidewalk and others sitting on benches. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.

Date: October 1966

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Park area

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Park area

Photograph of a paved sidewalk running through an amusement park area featuring a round brick flower bed. People are visible in the background on another path. This photograph was taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.

Date: October 1966

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People at park

Photograph of people waiting in line at a park to enter an amusement attraction, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68.

Date: October 1966

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People touring an amusement park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People touring park

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

Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections