San Antonio

#1 SATEXFolder-twiggsurrender1

Media ID 1462

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 16 February 1861 (?)Subject: Photo crop of an early photograph of what is said to be armed members of the Texas militia that were engaged in obtaining the property and monies of the United States and the surrender of the US Army at San Antonio, Texas on 16 February 1861. The provenance of the photograph has not been established.1

#2 SATEXFolder-VeramendiSaloon

Media ID 1463

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1906-1907Subject: Photo crop of one of the many uses of the Veramendi building. View is ESE across Soledad. Taken from the Veramendi Street intersection.

#3 SATEXFolder-SWinsaneasylum

Media ID 1459

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1892-1912Subject: Photo crop of the SOUTHWESTERN INSANE ASYLUM, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. View is WSW across open ground. Taken from a point along or close to S New Braunfels showcasing the asylum. Later photographs after the 1912 expansion show the main building having lost its bell tower and trees and grass reaching to New Braunfels. Established in 1892 and eventually being named the Texas State Hospital. The facility has maintained its original location at S. New Braunfels and Pecan Valley Drive.

#4 SATEXFolder-Show15_1921flood21

Media ID 1457

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 10 September 1921.Subject: Photo crop of a flood scene. View is west along Travis Street. Taken from a point at the Navarro Street intersection showcasing flood damage. With handwritten ascription.

#5 SATEXFolder-sc5205-1-10wtmk1

Media ID 1456

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Picture File, Collections Schelper Family Collection Folder 1 San Antonio flood, 1921 5205-1/10

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Sept-Oct 1921.Subject: Photo crop of a flood scene. View is west along Houston Street. Taken from a point just east of the Princess Theater and Gunter Hotel showcasing flood levels and damage.

#6 SATEXFolder-SAThomasJeffersonHS1932

Media ID 1452

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo:Subject: Photo crop of Thomas Jefferson High School completed in 1932. View is NNW and aerial. Taken from an aircraft, showcasing the school. Photograph has a written ascription along the highway; “Donaldson Ave 1933.”

#7 SATEXFolder-SAWagners

Media ID 1454

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1910.Subject: Photo crop of a post card of the Soda Fountain at Wagner’s Drug Store, 409 E. Houston. View is interior. Wagner’s was a popular family owned drug store from 1898 thru the 1930s.

#8 SATEXFolder-SAsoundie081941L2799C

Media ID 1447

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1940sSubject: Photo crop of what appears to be a marketing or publicity photograph of a girl fawning over a Mills Novelty Company PANORAM. View is interior of an unknown location. Panoram was the trademark name of a visual jukebox that played music accompanied by a synched, filmed image (the effect being the equivalent of 1980s music videos) popular within the United States during the 1940s. The device consisted of a jukebox playing a closed-loop 16mm film reel projected onto a glass screen (Wikipedia).

#9 SATEXFolder-SAskyline

Media ID 1445

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: ContemporarySubject: Photo crop of a Main Plaza and downtown San Antonio. View is NNW and aerial. Taken from an aircraft showcasing the Bexar County Courthouse. The various additions can be seen as the building extended south, often, but not always maintaining the same stone and roof colorings. The old Police Headquarters and Detective building (occupied 1927-1963) is the red building with the white top directly east (to the right) of the original portion of the courthouse.

#10 SATEXFolder-SAsmithy1939

Media ID 1446

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1934-1963.Subject: Photo crop of a shop sign. View is (most likely) north along S. Brazos. Taken from in front of Martin Cardona’s blacksmith shop at 1231 S. Brazos. He worked at this shop for at almost 30 years and then from his residence at 1227.

#11 SATEXFolder-SAsilverking

Media ID 1444

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1887-1915Subject: Photo crop of either a “shading” (a photograph that is enhanced with a penciled drawing that is then re-photographed) or a very poor photograph of the Silver King Saloon. View is east. Taken from a point in Military Plaza showcasing the saloon. The Silver King was moved two blocks east in 1916 and survived until 1918.

#12 SATEXFolder-SArueterbldg

Media ID 1440

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1923-1927Subject: Photo crop of the west side of Alamo Plaza at Crockett Street. View is WSW and elevated. Taken, almost certainly, from the Medical Arts Building showcasing the plaza.

#13 SATEXFolder-SAschoonersaloon

Media ID 1443

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1911-12Subject: Photo crop of street scene. View is NNE. Taken from a point within the Main Avenue @ Veramendi Street intersection showcasing the Schooner Saloon and a man standing at the Main Avenue door. Entire block razed in 1912 for the Rand Building.

#14 SATEXFolder-SAriverprivatebridge

Media ID 1438

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Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Unknown.Subject: Photo crop of a private bridge over the San Antonio River. View is unknown. Taken from a point on the bank. Note the door to control passage across the bridge.

#15 SATEXFolder-SAromanaplza1940c

Media ID 1439

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: Post WWII photograph. Subject: Photo crop of Romana Plaza. View is SE. Taken from a point within the intersection of San Pedro and Main Avenue showcasing the plaza.

#16 SATEXFolder-SAriver1866

Media ID 1436

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1870 Subject: Photo crop of San Antonio River. View is East. Taken from the west bank of the river showcasing the river, St. Mary’s Church and the Twohig Home with typed caption.

#17 SATEXFolder-SAriver1927

Media ID 1437

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1920s Subject: Photo crop of San Antonio River. Unknown as to direction or location.

#18 SATEXFolder-SApubliclibrary1930s

Media ID 1434

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: Early 1930s Subject: Photo crop of the San Antonio Public Library at 210 W. Market Street. View SSW across Market Street. Taken from across Market Street and showcasing the Public Library building completed in 1930 after razing of the original Carnegie library at the same location.

#19 SATEXFolder-SAplazaTheater

Media ID 1432

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: Subject: Photo crop of a post card of the Plaza Theater. View is ESE and is a retouched presentation with a printed script ascription. Original photograph taken, almost certainly, from the Grand Opera House showcasing the theater after the renovation (1911) of the Gallagher Building (1877) which had been the US Post Office at the corner of Blum Street and Alamo Plaza.

#20 SATEXFolder-san-pedro-park1

Media ID 1429

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1920s Subject: Photo crop of a post card of the pool at San Pedro Park. View is south and is a retouched presentation with a printed caption. Taken from the pool edge.

#21 SATEXFolder-SAnearNavarroSTbridge1917

Media ID 1428

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1900 Subject: Photo crop of a scene in the San Antonio River just downstream (west) of the lower Navarro Street Bridge. View is WNW. Taken from the Navarro Street Bridge showcasing a maintenance activity necessary to wooden vehicles called “soaking.” The spokes and felloe of the wheel, if allowed to dry, would shrink. The spokes would loosen and the metal “tire” (the rim) around the outside of the wheel (the felloe) would slip off.

#22 SATEXFolder-SAMilamBldg

Media ID 1423

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: Late 1920s. Subject: Photo crop of Milam Building. View is NNW. Taken from south of Travis Street and east of the river showcasing the 21 Story office building that when completed in 1928 was the first in the nation to be completely air-conditioned. It was a Carrier Air-Conditioning masterpiece that was operating with the same machinery in 1989.

#23 SATEXFolder-SAmid50s

Media ID 1422

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1960 Subject: Photo crop of Houston Street. View is west. Taken from the intersection of Alamo Plaza showcasing the activity along Houston Street.

#24 SATEXFolder-SAmooreBldHoustonatBrdwy1904

Media ID 1425

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1904 Subject: Photo crop of the Moore Building. View is NNE. Taken from the intersection of Houston Street and Avenue C (Broadway) showcasing the recently completed Moore Building. Note the amount of wiring.

#25 SATEXFolder-SAmasonichall1870

Media ID 1418

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: Pre-1872 Subject: Photo crop of the Masonic Building. View is NNE. Taken from a point along the west side of Soledad. The photograph would appear to have been exposed prior to the purchase of the building by Bexar County in 1872 and the initial refurbishment that accompanied the establishment of the building as the Bexar County Courthouse.

#26 SATEXFolder-SAmarketSt1927

Media ID 1416

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1927 Subject: Photo crop of the Market Street Pump Station and Administrative Office of the City Water Board. View is SSW along Market Street. Taken from a point on the north side of Market showcasing the City Water Board building and Pump Station. The Main Library, just to the west is razed in 1929. The city did not purchase the water system from the Belgian Compagnie des Eaux de San Antonio, until 1925.

#27 SATEXFolder-SALib1930to01281968Commerce

Media ID 1412

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1930 Subject: Photo crop of the New Main Library (second library building on this site). View is SSE and elevated across Market Street. Taken from a building across the Market Street showcasing the library. Library appears to be under construction.

#28 SATEXFolder-SAlib210market

Media ID 1411

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: late 1920s Subject: Photo crop of the original Carnegie Library at 210 W. Market. View is SSE. Taken from a point in the intersection of Market and Presa showcasing the library. Building will be razed in 1929.

#29 SATEXFolder-SAjoskies1930c

Media ID 1407

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1930. Subject: Photo crop of Alamo Plaza. View is SSE and elevated. Taken from, most probably, the Grand Opera House showcasing the Plaza Theater (1911-1938). Joske sign (1920-1939) is present. Conroy Building just south of the Gallagher Building (Plaza Theater) has not been razed (1939).

#30 SATEXFolder-SAHoustonStBridge1913

Media ID 1402

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1913 Subject: Photo crop of Houston Street flood scene. View is ESE on Houston Street. Taken from the north side of Houston Street, possibly from the Pike Theater showcasing the flood damage. The Busy Bee Candy Company was at 102 W. Houston, closest to the bridge. The normal watercourse would be between and 10 to 15 feet down from those two buildings.

#31 SATEXFolder-SAhoustonSt051946

Media ID 1401

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1946 Subject: Photo crop of what appears to be a “fogging” (anti-mosquito) operation on Houston Street. View east on Houston Street. Taken from a point in the middle of Houston Street on the east end of the Houston Street Bridge showcasing the operation.

#32 SATEXFolder-SAhoustonST1920s

Media ID 1400

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: No earlier than February 1913 Subject: Photo crop of Houston Street. View is West. Taken from a point slightly west of the Navarro Street intersection showcasing Houston Street. Fenstermaker’s Orpheum Theatre was not renamed Princess until after February 1913.

#33 SATEXFolder-SAhoustonst1915

Media ID 1399

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1914 Subject: Photo crop of a book or presentation photograph with a typed caption and production overlay. View is ENE and elevated along Houston Street. Taken from a point slightly west of the St. Mary’s Street intersection showcasing the street car track construction.

#34 SATEXFolder-SAheusingerEW1905ownerCamaronSt

Media ID 1392

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1905 Subject: Photo crop of the Palace Livery Stable. View is SSE from a point on the north side of Blum Street. The site had been one of livery, stable and hack rentals since at least 1885. The building would house an auto garage and taxicab service by 1912.

#35 SATEXFolder-SAhaymarketPlaza1925

Media ID 1391

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1925 Subject: Photo crop of Hay Market Plaza. View is west and elevated. Taken from the new Market House showcasing the plaza and market activity.

#36 SATEXFolder-SAgilesMarketHouse

Media ID 1388

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1900 Subject: Photo crop of a post card depicting the new Market House (1899) at Commerce and Santa Rosa. View is west. No internal combustion vehicles are depicted.

#37 SATEXFolder-SAgunclub1895

Media ID 1389

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1900 Subject: Photo crop of a (hopefully) posed photograph. View direction is unknown. Taken close and downrange of a shooter at what is marked on a chalkboard within the photograph SAN ANTONIO GUN CLUB SHOOT, July 4th, 1895. Location is unknown.

#38 SATEXFolder-SAHouston1-9-1913

Media ID 1394

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1913 Subject: Photo crop of Houston Street flood scene with handwritten ascription. View is ENE along Houston Street. Taken from a point just east of the St. Mary’s Street intersection showcasing flood damage and the Gunter Hotel.

#39 SATEXFolder-SAFtSam1920s

Media ID 1387

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1920s Subject: Photo crop of Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle. View direction is unknown. Taken from a point within the quadrangle showcasing the tower which was originally built as a water cistern.

#40 SATEXFolder-SAfredrdDI

Media ID 1384

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1940 Subject: Photo crop of an outdoor motion picture theater. View is west and aerial. Taken from an aircraft at a point east of Fredericksburg Road which can be seen in the foreground showcasing the theater and the area. Theater was built in 1940, closed in 1982. Was known as the Fredericksburg Road Drive-in even before its name was changed from “The Drive-in.”

#41 SATEXFolder-SAfirst1912

Media ID 1382

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1922 Subject: Photo crop of the Woolworth building (1922). View is WSW. Taken from a point in the Houston Street intersection with Alamo Plaza showcasing the building.

#42 SATEXFolder-SAexpositionpark

Media ID 1381

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1922 Subject: Photo crop of shooting range at exposition park on South Flores Street opposite the Hot Wells Hotel. View is most probably ESE. Taken from a point within the park. Note the observation/judges tower.

#43 SATEXFolder-SAdullnigbldg

Media ID 1377

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1883-1912. Subject: Photo crop of Dullnig Block (1883) at Commerce Street and Alamo Plaza. View is NNW. Taken from a point in the intersection of Commerce and Alamo Plaza. Building will lose a tower and about 15 feet of Commerce Street frontage to street widening 1912-1915.

#44 SATEXFolder-SAEdnaTice

Media ID 1380

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1942-1945 Subject: Photo crop of WWII home front photograph. View direction is unknown. Taken from a point to the right front of the vehicle showcasing how women were being mobilized to handle many formally male dominated jobs.

#45 SATEXFolder-SAdittmarBldg1905

Media ID 1376

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1904-1905 Subject: Photo crop of 300 block of East Houston Street with typed ascription. View is SSE. Taken from a point across Houston Street showcasing the building at 312-314 E. Houston. Another jewel of the photograph is the large trees just to the west at 308 E. Houston. This is the front yard of the residence of Doctor F. Herff, famous physician of San Antonio and indicates an almost vanished period when individual private residences were common on Houston Street.

#46 SATEXFolder-SAeCommerce1910

Media ID 1379

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1910 Subject: Photo crop of Commerce Street with typed caption. View is west along Commerce. Taken from Joske’s Store showcasing Commerce.

#47 SATEXFolder-SAcommerce1914

Media ID 1370

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1914 Subject: Photo crop of a cropped book page of the Commerce Street Bridge. View is north. Taken, probably, from the market street bridge.

#48 SATEXFolder-SAcommerceunk

Media ID 1373

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1940 Subject: Photo crop of Commerce Street. View is east along Commerce. Taken from a point in street slightly west of Pecos Street.

#49 SATEXFolder-SAcommerceandnavarro1870to1875

Media ID 1371

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1881-1883 Subject: Photo crop of Hugo and Schmeltzer Wholesale Grocers. View is probably west. Taken from a point along (probably) Commerce street, showcasing the wagons. Hugo and Schmeltzer building burns 27 August 1883. The business moves to the Alamo Building on Alamo Plaza in 1885.

#50 SATEXFolder-SAcomm1890s

Media ID 1368

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Photo crop exposure date: UnknownExposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1891-1914 Subject: Photo crop of Commerce Street. View is West. Taken from the building across the river, showcasing Commerce street and the office building at 102 West Commerce.