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[Plaza Theatre]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a building identified as Plaza Theatre. Several cars are parked in front of the building. Text on the side of another building says "Yakie Supply Co. Auto Parts and Accessories[,] Phone 144."
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Inside of Auditorium]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people. The picture is taken from the back of a theater, opera house, or auditorium. There are people sitting in the seats. Two men are standing on the left. There is a piano on a stage with a nature scene backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

[Pearce Movie Theater]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Pearce Movie Theater, at 500 Procter Street. There is an archway above the front doors, and several signs and movie posters are set out under it. A ticket booth is in the center of the two sets of doors.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Elks Theatre]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Elks Theatre building at 400 Fourth Street, near Austin Avenue. Several movie posters are set up under an awning in the front. It is owned and operated by the Elks Club.
Date: 1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Proposed Plaza Theatre]

Description: Photograph of an artist's rending of the proposed Plaza Theatre, which became Elks Theatre. At the top of the front and side of the building, there are busts of elk's heads. A balcony on the front has text on it that says "19 Plaza Theatre 10." Text at the top-left of the photograph says "Plaza Theatre, Cor. Austin Ave. and 4th St. Port Arthur, Texas."
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Boy Scouts at Strand Theater]

Description: Photograph of boy scouts in a group outside the Strand Theater in Port Arthur, TX. According to the marquee behind the boys, the movie playing is "One Sunday Afternoon." All the boys are dressed in boy scout uniforms. Several leaders are in the picture with them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Downtown Procter Street]

Description: Photograph of the Port Arthur interurban train in the middle of the downtown shopping district. Many different types of businesses are along the sides of the Procter Street. Pedestrian shoppers are all around, going into various businesses. Vehicles are parked in all the parking spaces along the street. A single stoplight on a pole stands in the middle of the intersection.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Crowd in front of the StrandTheater]

Description: Photograph of a crowd of people outside the front doors of the Strand Theatre in the 500 block of Procter. The marquee says "John Barrymore-Dolores Costello and George O'Hara in The Screen Classic 'The Sea Beast.'" In the foreground, there is a row of cars.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

Theatre

Description: Image of the theatre under construction for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Theatre

Description: Image of the Theatre under construction for the 1968 World's Fair known as HemisFair '68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

United States Confluence Theater

Description: An artistic illustration of the United States Confluence Theater, one of two pavilions of the United States at HemisFair '68. It is a 70 foot high structure which had the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. The Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A." was shown in the theatre during the fair.
Date: 1968~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Outdoor stage

Description: Photograph of an outdoor stage, taken during a planning trip for HemisFair '68. The seating area consists of multiple one-piece concrete benches that are arranged in a a terraced style along a slope. There is a large letter "G" above the stage.
Date: October 1966
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Convention Theater

Description: An artistic illustration of the Theatre and River Court. The extension of the San Antonio River into the Theatre courtyard enable fairgoers to enter the fairgrounds by gondolas from downtown river points. The theatre building features a mural by Juan O'Gorman. This illustration was published in the HemisFair '68 souvenir book.
Date: 196X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Theatre and Rivercourt

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68 featuring an image labeled "Theatre and Rivercourt" of a boat full of people in a pool outside the front of the Theatre of the Performing Arts. The building is fronted with a mural by Juan O'Gorman. The top of The Tower of the Americas is visible in the background, near the center of the image.
Date: 1968?
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.421844 -98.485351
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Sculpture Garden

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photograph labeled "Sculpture Garden" of several modern outdoor sculptures, near the Pavilion of the United States (left), the United States Confluence Theatre (in the background at right), and the top portion of the Tower of the Americas. Description printed on back: "Tower of the Americas. HemisFair's 622-foot theme structure, is the tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere. View from the observation decks or revolving restaurant a… more
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.418363 -98.486846
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The United States Confluence Theatre

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photo from the west side of the United State Confluence Theatre, a 70-foot high round building which had the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. The Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A." was shown there during the fair.
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.418906 -98.485579
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Coca-Cola Pavilion

Description: Artistic illustration of people outside the Coca-Cola pavilion at HemisFair '68 as well as a waterway with a lagoon boat at right. The pavilion presented the puppets of Sid and Marty Krofft in a special play called Kaleidoscope in a 500 seat theater.
Date: 1968~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

United States Confluence Theater

Description: Copy slide of an artistic illustration of the United States Confluence Theater, one of two pavilions of the United States at HemisFair '68. It is a 70 foot high structure which had the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. The Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A." was shown in the theatre during the fair.
Date: 1968?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

United States Confluence Theater

Description: Image of a three-dimensional model of the United States Confluence Theater, one of two pavilions of the United States at HemisFair '68. It is a 70 foot high structure which had the largest curvilinear motion picture screen in the world. The Francis Thompson film, "Confluence, U.S.A." was shown in the theatre during the fair. This image was published in the souvenir book of HemisFair '68.
Date: 1968?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Tower of the Americas and Confluence Theater at night

Description: Photograph at night of the Tower of the Americas in the background (at left) and one side of the U.S. Confluence Theater at right. The Confluence Theater is lit with yellow light from the inside and outside, while the central shaft and base of the observation deck are lit with white light. At the top of the observation deck is a ring of yellow lights that line its circumference.
Date: 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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