San Antonio Police History Archive

Alamo Plaza

Photo crop exposure date: unknown. Exposure date (or window) of subject photo: ca. 1902-1907. Subject: Photo crop of a marred print of west side of Alamo Plaza. View is WNW from the Blum Street intersection showing the 200 block of the West Side of the plaza and the south end of plaza park. View is WNW from a point along Blum street, showing the Reuter Building (1891) and several businesses to the south, as well as hacks waiting fares and a number of bicycles along the sidewalk, which probably belong to messengers or deliverymen. The earliest that Frank Bros Branch could occupy 209 Alamo Plaza is 1902. Pfeuffer-Conring Co. opened its doors 24 June 1901. It is gone by 1907.

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