Tower of the Americas Restaurant menu, 1968.

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Tower of the Americas Restaurant menu, 1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56319746

Collection consists of a menu from the Tower of the Americas restaurant from its opening during the San Antonio Worlds Fair in 1968. The Menu is autographed by O'Neil Ford, the architect for the building project. The original envelope that contained the menu is also included in the collection.

1 linear in. (1 folder)

University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7752397

University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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HemisFair (1968 : San Antonio, Tex.)

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San Antonio Fair, Inc. (San Antonio, Tex.)

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The Tower of the Americas is one of the few observation decks in Texas. It was built for the San Antonio Worlds Fair in 1968, a.k.a. Hemisfair. The Tower of the Americas is located in Hemisfair Park and is managed and maintained by the City of San Antonio. Gay Mueller donated this particular menu. Her father was a good friend of O'Neil Ford. Before the Tower officially opened, Ford took Mueller and her father on a tour of facility and gave her an autographed menu. From the descriptio...

Ford, O'Neil, 1905-1982

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O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work, dedicated to native architectural forms and hand craftwork, historic preservation, and innovative design, also extended nationally and internationally. Born in Pink Hill, Tex., Otha Neil Ford's early education and employment was informed by the arts-and-crafts movement. When Ford was twelve years old he began to help support his family after his father's death in a railroad ac...

Tower Restaurant.

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