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[Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Band]

Description: Photograph of a portrait of Woodrow Wilson Junior High Band. There are four rows of students wearing uniforms and holding instruments. In front, four girls wearing uniforms are holding batons and kneeling; a banner in the middle of the girls says "Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Port Arthur Texas," and has an emblem of the school mascot: a bear. In the background, there is a building with three arched doorways.
Date: March 1959
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

The Bru-it, March-April 1968

Description: Special issue of the Lone Star Brewing Company newsletter, focused on HemisFair '68, with information about facilities, attractions, exhibits, and participants. It also contains information regarding the Company's distribution and other updates.
Date: March 1968
Creator: Lone Star Brewing Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

General Electric Company's Theaterama press release

Description: Text is The General Electric Company's press release describing the Theaterama experience at the 1968 World’s Fair known as HemisFair ’68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio entitled "The Wonderful World of Progress." The Circular theater used a variety of audio visual techniques, including live-to-film, film-to-live, “op art,” “blue mat” and magic effects as well as music and lyrics. Featured was a mythical Genie of the Southwest, who spoke and interacted with the onstage hostess-… more
Date: March 28, 1968
Creator: General Electric Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Aerial view of HemisFair '68

Description: Photograph from a helicopter of the HemisFair '68 site in San Antonio, Texas, a few weeks from opening day. Prominent structures include the 622 foot high Tower of the Americas (center-right), the United States Confluence Theater and United States Exhibit Pavilion at left foreground, and the Convention Center, Arena, and Theater in mid-ground. Downtown San Antonio buildings are visible behind the fairgrounds.
Date: March 12, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Family on a Riverbank]

Description: Photograph of a family on a wooded riverbank. Several people are on the riverbank among the trees, while four people are in a rowboat with the word "GATORR" written along its side. A roofed structure and a wagon are visible up on the bank.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: George, J. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Men Near a Tree]

Description: Photograph of men near a tree. Several men sit around the tree among piles of earth, wooden slats, and tarps. Watt Matthews sits in the center of the left group and Oliver Jacobs sits on the far right. To the left, three men (including Carrol Martin, right) stand near a piece of of an industrial vehicle. A car is visible in the background to the left.
Date: March 11, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Tree in the Bed of a Truck]

Description: Photograph of a tree being carried in the back of a truck. The tree is tied to the truck via its trunk and is sitting in a large wooden tub. Another smaller tree is lying down in front of the larger tree.
Date: March 11, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Truck Carrying Trees]

Description: Photograph of a truck carrying two trees, one of which is larger and in a wooden tub and the other which is smaller and has naked roots. Men stand on either side of the truck bed and one man stands on the bed itself. Oliver Jacobs is standing on the ground by a large wheel.
Date: March 11, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Oldest house in Port O'Connor

Description: Photograph of a house identified as the oldest house in Port O'Connor, Texas. The house is a small wooden, unpainted structure with an unpainted picket fence surrounding it.
Date: March 25, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

Bug hunters['] camp [at] Circle Bayou

Description: Photograph of a campsite at Circle Bayou in Victoria County. A man sits on a camp stool in a wooded area. A tent and buggy stand in the background. A body of water is behind the campsite.
Date: March 23, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

Dinner at Guadalupe, returning from beef hunting trip to Calhoun County

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man standing near the back of a two-horse buggy. In his hand is a cup he is lifting to drink from. The back of the buggy is a chuck wagon, with what is probably a hinged board for a work table and compartments for storage of supplies. The front of the buggy, where the riders sit, has an umbrella for covering. In the distance behind the man can be seen several housing structures and a body of water.
Date: March 27, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library
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