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[Links Chapter Documentation: Invitation with Some Conference Highlights]

Description: This invitation to an upcoming conference in San Antonio, Texas was created by the publicity committee of the San Antonio chapter of The Links, Inc. The conference will highlight San Antonio landmarks such as the Tower of the Americas and the Alamo. The chapter will also host a party at the conference with a fiesta theme.
Date: 196X
Creator: Links, Inc. San Antonio Chapter.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 5 -Vacations]

Description: This home movie documents the Anderson family's travel and vacations in the Southwest region. The film begins with a trip to HemisFair' '68 and Sharon's birthday dinner. The film continues with the ruins of the Tassie Belle Blast Furnace in New Birmingham and the Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (7 min., 28 sec.) , an unidentified downtown area (11 min. 22 sec.), a Valentine's Day celebration (12 min., 14 sec.), a trip to Salado, Texas (13 min. 28 sec.) and The Alamo (17 min., 48 sec.), and c… more
Date: 1968/1970~
Duration: 34 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Anderson, James
Partner: UNT Media Library

Marshall T. Steves, Sr. & John White at the base of the Tower of the Americas during construction.

Description: Photograph at the center point of the construction for the Tower of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas. Marshall T. Steves, Sr. & John White with hard hats on shake hands at the base point of the Tower. Behind them a construction worker sits in the driver's seat of a bulldozer.
Date: February 20, 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: Worm's eye view of the Tower of Americas being constructed. In this photograph only the central concrete shaft has been completed and the tophouse has not yet been added. A mechanical crane is visible at the top of the concrete shaft.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Tower of the Americas construction

Description: Photograph of the construction site for HemisFair '68 in downtown San Antonio on an overcast day. The central concrete shaft (without the tophouse) of the Tower of the Americas is visible, and the upper most portion reaches into some light cloud cover.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Hemisfair Model

Description: A color photograph of a three-dimensional model of the HemisFair '68 grounds. The most prominent building shown is the Tower of the Americas, which includes an observation deck and revolving restaurant at the top. A portion of the 10,500 seat arena is visible to the left. Also visible is a part of the lake at Fiesta Island, along with lagoon boats on some of the waterways.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Tower of the Americas at Hemisfair Park]

Description: Photograph of the base of the Tower of the Americas at Hemisfair Park. A variety of flags are around the base of the tower and a red and white striped tent is visible. Accompanying information identifies one of the individuals in the photo as Paul Streng and several other unidentified people are visible.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University
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