AlamoplzaFolder-alamoplza1922
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Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: the week of 8 January 1922. Subject: Slightly different photo crop from #25 and #109 of a book page of the west side of Alamo Plaza with a typed and incomplete ascription assigning a date of 8 January 1922. The view is north from the Crockett Street intersection. Buildings on West side are the San Antonio Club and Grand Opera House (1886) on the NW corner, then the Wickes Building (1886), then the Crockett Block (1882), then the Woolworth Building (1921) at the SW corner of Houston and Alamo Plaza. The tallest building in the view is the Gibbs building (1909) on the NW corner of Houston and Alamo Plaza, west and across Alamo Street from the US Post Office and Courthouse (1890). The exposure date during the week of 8 January 1922 is possible, if the advertisement on the front of the Grand Opera House is for a film; the first silent film version of the play “Baby Mine” was released in 1917. The second was not until 1928. The advertisement for "Riding With Death" staring Buck Jones can partially be seen under the street cover, the movie was released in 1921.
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Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: the week of 8 January 1922. Subject: Slightly different photo crop from #25 and #109 of a book page of the west side of Alamo Plaza with a typed and incomplete ascription assigning a date of 8 January 1922. The view is north from the Crockett Street intersection. Buildings on West side are the San Antonio Club and Grand Opera House (1886) on the NW corner, then the Wickes Building (1886), then the Crockett Block (1882), then the Woolworth Building (1921) at the SW corner of Houston and Alamo Plaza. The tallest building in the view is the Gibbs building (1909) on the NW corner of Houston and Alamo Plaza, west and across Alamo Street from the US Post Office and Courthouse (1890). The exposure date during the week of 8 January 1922 is possible, if the advertisement on the front of the Grand Opera House is for a film; the first silent film version of the play “Baby Mine” was released in 1917. The second was not until 1928. The advertisement for "Riding With Death" staring Buck Jones can partially be seen under the street cover, the movie was released in 1921.