San Antonio Police History Archive

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1961-1963Subject: Wash rack, rear (west side) of the Annex building, Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.1

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1961-1963Subject: Rear (west side) of Annex building, garage and gas pumps. Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957).Subject: View is east, taken from the Police Headquarters building on Dwyer Street. It reveals how crowded police operations had become. The two-story Annex and garage building sits at the east end of Dolorosa Street. Yturri Street (also known as Yturri Alley) runs south (one way), from Market Street for the length of the station and intersects with Dolorosa (also one way-west) at the garage door. A light- colored car can be seen turning from Yturri onto Dolorosa. That same location and same sharp turn will be preserved in later years when the San Antonio Public Library is constructed on the site and a “from your car” night depository had many a tardy borrower making that turn.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1936Subject: Taken during the Pecan Shellers Strike. The Jail was overcrowded from its opening and would remain so for all of its 47 year existence.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1962-1963Subject: Dolorosa Street. View is west from the gas pumps. The large brick building west of the bridge and on the south side of Dolorosa is the Police Headquarters and Detective Building (1927). Known originally as the Police and Health Department Building and after 1963 as the Legal and Professional Building, it occupied the site of the French Building, San Antonio’s first modern office building, which housed (at various times) the Bexar County Court, San Antonio City Hall and the San Antonio Police headquarters.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Unknown. Building existence/use was from 1915 to 1962. Subject: Office of the Police Matron, Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1940's Subject: Police garage. A “pull over” light is being installed atop the right front fender of a marked car. The face of the light was mounted at about 90 degrees to forward travel of the vehicle and so as to be easily seen as the police vehicle came alongside a driver. It would be operated manually by the officer and would often, in addition to being red, project wording such as POLICE or STOP or PULL OVER.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1950's. Subject: This has all the elements of a police sanctioned “Car Club.” There are officers in various uniforms, SAPD included, in attendance. Photograph was taken on the east side of the police garage. The fire training tower with a pompier ladder can be seen in the right side background.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957). Subject: Jail kitchen. The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957).Subject: Jail kitchen. The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: About 1951Subject: Jail kitchen. The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957).Subject: Jail cells. The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957). Subject: Booking procedures, The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1954. Subject: Jail duty, The Central Fire and Police Station, Market Street.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957). Subject: Prisoner search, using a magnetic device.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957). Subject: “Delousing” It would appear that the prisoner cages were segregated.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1962. Subject: Police garage and Annex with gas pumps to the right. View is east, taken from the Dolorosa street bridge.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Late 1950's, Subject: The Central Fire and Police Station. View is SW from the NE corner of Market and St. Mary’s Street. Both the North and the East elevations are visible. The fire department personnel are partially visible conducting training at the fire tower.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1915-1918. Subject: The Dahrooge Post Card Company published this photo-creation. The fire tower was not such a stonework and the view of the Bexar County Courthouse has been enhanced.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1915. Subject: Photo crop of a newspaper photo showing the Central Fire and Police Building.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1917-1927. Subject: Photo crop of Market Street. View is west from St. Mary’s Street intersection. Central Fire and Police Station in left foreground. Note Yturri Street (also known as Yturri Alley) at west end of police station building. City Hall, can just be seen behind the south tower of San Fernando Cathedral. City Hall will lose that clock tower and observatory in the 1927 alteration.   

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: unknown. Subject: Photo crop of Central Fire and Police Station. View is north along St. Mary’s Street. The roof of the building can be clearly seen.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Post 1915. Subject: Photo crop of fire apparatus on street in front of Central Fire and Police Station.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: 1956 (Taken for purposes of the Leonard Survey (1957). Subject: Photo crop of jail area interior.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Post 1915. Subject: Photo crop of fire training on St. Mary’s Street at rear of Central Fire and Police Station.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown.Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Post 1915. Subject: Photo crop of fire training at rear of Central Fire and Police Station.

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: Post 1915. Subject: Photo crop of fire training St Mary’s Street side of Central Fire and Police Station.