San Antonio Police History Archive

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: the week of 8 January 1922. Subject: 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 accurate. The advertisement on the front of the Grand Opera House is for a play. The same advertisement informs that  "Riding With Death" staring Buck Jones (1921) will be shown. The street ad can partially be seen under the sidewalk cover.