Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Photographs of the Hemisfair Exposition, San Antonio, Texas

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Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Photographs of the Hemisfair Exposition, San Antonio, Texas

1968

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/541827

These black and white and color photographs were taken by United States Information Agency (USIA) photographer Joseph Pinto and document the Hemisfair Exposition held in San Antonio, Texas in 1968. Included are general exterior and interior views of the pavilions (306-HF-5-5) and photographs of exhibits depicting "slices of life" from the countries represented at the fair. Countries featured include Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Panama, China, Spain, Thailand, and the United States. Noteworthy are photographs of Mrs. Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson at opening day ceremonies on April 6, 1968 (306-HF-2-HE-1-12), and those of Governor and Mrs. John Connally of Texas at the ribbon cutting for the opening of the Spanish Pavilion (306-HF-1-HC-10). Shown also with Governor and Mrs. John Connally are dignitaries visiting during Spain's National Day. Several views show exhibit visitors (especially families) engaged in photographing or filming scenes at the exposition (306-HF-4-1); the Kodak carousel building (306-HF-11-1); aerial shots of the exposition; crowd scenes; and night views of the Hemisfair Exposition. Many of the images in this series are on proof sheets made from the original 35mm and 120mm film negatives. Negatives in box four are 4"x5" copy negatives made from 8"x10" enlargements of the original 35mm and 120mm negatives. Proof sheets in box one, folder one, are black-and-white images made from the 35mm and 120mm color negatives in box three. Photographer Joseph Pinto was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Philadelphia Teachers' College. He came to the Washington, DC area in 1950, and worked as a White House photographer for USIA for approximately 30 years. Among his many assignments were traveling with President Lyndon B. Johnson to Vietnam and with President Richard M. Nixon to China.

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Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007

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Pinto, Joseph, 1915-1997

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Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

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Connally, Nellie, 1919-

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Idanell "Nellie" Brill Connally, wife of Secretary of the Treasury and former Texas Governor John B. Connally, was born in Austin, Texas on February 24, 1919. She attended the University of Texas, where she met fellow student and her future husband, John. Idanell and John married on December 21, 1940. She was active in a wide variety of civic organizations. From the description of Connally, Nellie, 1919- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10611122 ...