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[Daryl Walker, Wheelwright]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Daryl Walker, who is a wheelwright from Lufkin, Texas and a participant of the 7th Annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is using a tool to do his work. Finished wheels are visible behind him.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Daryl Walker, Wheelwright]

Description: Color photograph of a man, Daryl Walker, who is a wheelwright from Lufkin, Texas. He is a participant of the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival. He is standing with one hand on his hip and one hand holding a rusty, metal rim that is only partially visible. He is wearing a straw cowboy hat, overalls, and a gingham shirt.
Date: [1978-08-03..1978-08-06]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Mini-monorail

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an image of people on a paved walkway near the Plaza of Flags (at right) and a multi-car monorail train above ground level at left. Printed on back: "Mini-Monorail is one of the chief transportation means on the HemisFair '68 site. It is quick, colorful and provides a breathtaking view of the exposition's entire 92 acres. Here it passes by the Plaza of Flags representing the twenty-six ethnic groups which have contributed to the greatness of the Am… more
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Lagoon cruise boat at HemisFair '68

Description: Photograph of a lagoon cruise boat filled with visitors in a waterway that winds through the HemisFair '68 fairgrounds. In the background, groups of people are atanding or sitting in a plaza surrounded by buildings and one of the Swiss Skyride cars is visible above the ground at left.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

IBM Exhibit

Description: Photograph of people standing and seated on benches outside the IBM Lakeside Pavilion at HemisFair '68. A monorail track with a stationary train is above the patio, extending from the IBM building. Additional information is printed on the back.
Date: October 1968
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

IBM Exhibit

Description: Nighttime photograph of people standing and seated on benches outside the IBM Lakeside Pavilion at HemisFair '68. A monorail track with a stationary train is above the patio, extending from the IBM building. The Tower of the Americas is visible in the background at right.
Date: 1968-10?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Lagoon boat ride along side the monorail

Description: Photograph of people in the lagoon boat ride floating along side the monorail as they pass by the Plaza of Flags at the 1968 World's Fair. Other people are visible in the background, walking in the plaza near the flagpoles that are flying international flags.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Mini-Mono Rail

Description: An artistic illustration of the mini-monorail, one of the chief means of transportation at HemisFair '68. It provided a quick way to get around, with views of the exposition's entire 92 acres. In the picture, two mini mono-rails are in operation, with the Tower of the Americas in the background.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Lagoon boat ride alongside the monorail

Description: Photograph of people riding in a lagoon boat alongside the Mini-Monorail as they pass by the Plaza of Flags at the 1968 World's Fair. Other people are walking in the plaza, where a number of international flags are flying on individual poles.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

George H. W. Bush and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York in front of the monorail

Description: George H.W. Bush (Texas House of Representatives) and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York in front of the monorail at the 1968 World’s Fair known as HemisFair ’68, held from April to October 1968 in San Antonio. The Swiss-Sky ride gondolas, and the Tower of the Americas can be seen in the background.
Date: [1968-04..1968-10]
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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