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The HemisFair Mini-Monorail

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an artistic drawing of people riding the "Monorail" in both directions with the Tower of the Americas in the background at left. From the monorail, visitors could have a "bird's eye view" of the pavilions, the fair, the Tower of the Americas and downtown San Antonio.
Date: 1965
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Lone Star Pavilion

Description: Advertising postcard featuring an architectural illustration of the Lone Star Pavilion, one of the many exhibit halls at Hemisfair '68. It includes people standing at various points on the two-story building, the Tower of the Americas in the background (at left), and boats in the waterway in front of the building.
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

HemisFair water course

Description: A brightly colored artistic illustration of one of the water courses that meandered through the HemisFair '68 grounds. In this picture, a large sailing ship or galleon rests near a small row boat. In the background people are standing at the edge of the water or strolling among the fairgrounds.
Date: 1968?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Lone Star Brewing Company Pavilion

Description: Postcard advertising Heemisfair '68, featuring a photograph of several women water skiing on a pool in front of buildings and spectators in bleachers. Printed on the back: " Lone Star Brewing Company Pavilion. The girls of the Mercury Outboard Water Ski Show pass in front of the Lone Star's lakeside Hall of Texas History. The pavilion features realistic life-size dioramas of scenes from Texas' rich history."
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Calypso

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an image of one of the amusement rides. Printed on back: "Calypso, one of nearly 20 fantastic rides that dot the landscape of Fiesta Island and the areas about the Tower of the Americas. Many of these are imported; many to be shown here for the first time."
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Carlos Merida mural

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an illustration of a portion of the mural designed for the HemisFair theater building. Printed on back: "Carlos Merida Mural. Abstract, impelling symbolism of Carlos Merida mural in San Antonio Convention Center captures the spirit of the HemisFair '68 theme: Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas."
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
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

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
Location: 29.421844 -98.485351
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Humble Pavilion

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an artistic illustration of the Humble Oil and Refining Pavilion at HemisFair '68. The Pavilion is a two-story stone building with decorative metalwork around the overhangs and the two-story balcony on the end of the building at right. People are walking around the building and a four-piece band, with musicians wearing striped costumes, is playing at the right side of the image.
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Location: 29.420876 -98.487856
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

The Tower of the Americas

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photograph of people walking on a paved walkway with the Tower of the Americas behind them, in the center of the image, with a Ferris wheel at left. Printed on back: "The Tower of the Americas. The 622-foot concrete structure, seen from one of the fair's broad walkways, is the tallest observation tower in the Western Hemisphere. Glass-fronted elevators whisk visitors to the revolving restaurant and observation decks in 43 seconds."
Date: 1968?
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
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
Location: 29.418906 -98.485579
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

HemisFair '68 : just a hasty note from San Antonio

Description: A folding postcard with the words "HemisFair '68" written on the front and the words "just a hasty note from San Antonio ..." printed on the back. The side of the card for writing addresses includes a picture of the Tower of the Americas and an idealized view of downtown San Antonio.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Hello from San Antonio Texas : the HemisFair '68 city

Description: Folding postcard illustrated with a picture of a blue, grinning character below the text, "Hello from San Antonio Texas" with text inside that says "The Hemisfair '68 City," The side of the card for writing addresses includes a picture of the Tower of the Americas and an line-drawing of downtown San Antonio.
Date: 1968~
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Postal Card and Attachment from Harvard University, November 12, 1960]

Description: Postal card from the ticket manager of Harvard University, Frank O. Lunden to Harris Leon Kempner informing him that his tickets to the Yale game were mailed November 9. The card was taped to a piece of paper with the company name "Mercadorias & Maquinas Lda." and a stamp from H. Kempner Cotton Company.
Date: November 12, 1960
Creator: Mercadorias & Maquinas Lda.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of a Marsh Marigold, 1962]

Description: Postcard of a watercolor illustration of a Marsh Marigold. The marigold has six large green leaves and a dozen yellow flowers jutting from two stems. Each flower has either five or six petals. The leaves are thin and vascular and the stems are soft and green. A handwritten note on the front of the card says "Red pencil. Red ink." On the back of the card is a handwritten note regarding a bill that Mrs. Kempner feels is unreasonable. The writer believes the cause of the bill is an outside leak, s… more
Date: 1962?
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of the Trans World Airlines Jetstream, March 17, 1960]

Description: Postcard of the Jetstream, a commercial plane owned by Trans World Airlines. The Jetstream has four propeller engines on its wings and two vertical stabilizers on the ends of the horizontal stabilizers in addition to the central vertical stabilizer. The Jetstream is painted whit with two red stripes going across the fuselage and the "TWA" logo in red at the end of the stripes, as well as the words "Trans World Airlines" in red and the American flag above the passenger windows. The left wing has… more
Date: March 17, 1960
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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