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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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[People at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of several people standing outside a building at Seven Seas ocean theme park. They are on a walkway over water. Parts of other buildings, attractions, and landscape are in the background.
Date: 1974
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

People touring an amusement park

Description: 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

Description: 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

Pep Rally, Mineral Well

Description: Photograph of a group of students at Center and Main St. in Arlington at a pep rally in the 1940s. They are standing in the street and on the mineral well on the right. Many are wearing rolled up jeans, and some have letter jackets. There is a drug store on the left.
Date: 194?
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[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
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Post Office, Arlington, Texas

Description: Photograph of the Post Office in Arlington. The building has windows, a door, and steps in front. There are power lines and trees around it.
Date: June 22, 2006
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Program, Texas State Singers Association, 1935

Description: Paper print of a Texas State Singers Association Program. There are ads for Farmers Cafe, M&M Cafe, J. E. Gaither insurance, Cooper Hotel and Cafe, Arlington Coffee Shop, Altman's clothing, H. E. Cannon Nursery and Floral Co., Johnston's Drug Store, Waffle House Cafe, First State Bank, Jim Ditto's Garage, Mrs. Bullock Cafe, Bird's Variety Store, Universal Motor Co., Catons Variety Store, Adkins Brokerage Co., Purvis Survis foods, Arthur T. Bridges Insurance, J. S. Adkins jeweler, Eugene Wright … more
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Rice and Eliza Elliott Home

Description: Photograph of the Rice Joseph Alexander Elliott, Sr. and Eliza Maxwell Collins Elliott house at Highway 80 and Fielder Road in 1900. The house has two levels with a corner porch and balcony. There is a fenced field in front of it. Another building with the word "Diamond" painted on the roof is behind the hill in the background. More information about the house is on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Rose Family Cabin

Description: Slide of the Rose family's cabin. The cabin has a fireplace and porch. It is surrounded by trees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Seven Seas Theme Park]

Description: Slide of Seven Seas ocean theme park. A building is lit up with a fountain and pool in front of it. Two men are cleaning the pool.
Date: 1974
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Seven Seas Theme Park]

Description: Slide of part of Seven Seas ocean theme park. There is a hill with rocks and stairs with a vendor at the bottom. Buildings are on the left and in the background.
Date: 1974
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Ship at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of the ship at Seven Seas ocean theme park. There are people on board the ship and gathered nearby looking at it. Other buildings and park attractions are in the background.
Date: 1974
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Ship at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of two people looking at the front of the ship at Seven Seas ocean theme park. There are walking platforms and park buildings behind it.
Date: 1974
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Show at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of the sea lion show at Seven Seas ocean theme park. A sea lion is jumping out of the water, doing a flip in a pool with a bar and hoop. A park worker is walking on a platform in the middle of the pool directing the sea lion. A crowd watches from the stands.
Date: 1976
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Show at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of the sea lion show at Seven Seas ocean theme park. A sea lion and park worker are performing on a platform in a pool with a hoop and bar. A crowd watches from the stands.
Date: 1976
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Site of Grapevine Shooting, 04-01-1934]

Description: Site near Grapevine, Texas where Barrow Gang members shot and killed motorcycle patrolmen E. B. Wheeler and H. D. Murphy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Six Flags

Description: Slide of Six Flags theme park. A roller coaster and another ride are visible in the park. The picture is taken from the parking lot of a Cheddar's restaurant.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Six Flags

Description: Slide of Six Flags in 1961. The slide shows a fountain with flowers around it and the six flags behind it. There are trees and a building with a clock tower in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Six Flags Mall

Description: Slide of an aerial view of Six Flags Mall. The mall is surrounded by a large parking lot. There are roads in front and other buildings behind it.
Date: unknown
Location: None
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

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
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

El Sombrero ride at Six Flags Over Texas

Description: Photograph of the "El Sombrero" ride at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. Part of the entrance is visible above a fence with the ride name on it and structures to either side of the fence; people are waiting to get on the ride behind the fence.
Date: October 1966
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Swimming with Dolphins at Seven Seas]

Description: Slide of a man swimming with dolphins at Seven Seas ocean theme park. The man and two dolphins are in a pool. There are diving boards on the left, a hut on the right, and a crowd is in the front watching the performance.
Date: 1976
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
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