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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMIINISCENCES. 277
herein in the original photograph
of same, showing San Antonio in
those olden times true to nature as
a mere small but very attractive
vilage, with the eternal blue
Texas skies hovering over the
quaint old " San Antonio de
Bcxar.'' Some of the then-and
now yet, historic and prominent
sceneries around our present me-
tiopolis were included separately
in the iLin klwitz drawings-suchspanning the then sparkling and
most romantic San Antonio river
-with its huge and century old
cypress, pecan, elm, hackberry
and other typical forest trees and
typical bath houses along the resi-
dential districts of the river banks.
Some twentyv-five years later.
after Lun kw-itz had prepared the
historical landscape, San Antonio
already had made wonderful ad-
v ncime ?t in the upbuilding of'w .
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(From an Old Drawing From Nature by H. Lungkwitz)as the Military and Main Plaza
with its quaint Mexican dishes and
market products and surrounding
adobe houses: the old original
Alamo building: San Pedro
springs and Park; the four Mis-
sions, and the new bridge across
Houston street. In those days
San Antonio had but about three
or four principal bridges over-the old town; and the City Hall
and other prominent buildings and
city parks, etc.. came in front, and
one of the original views herein
shows the eastern town districts
-the photo being taken from the
tower ofthe City Hall many years
ago, showing the rear parts of the
ancient San Fernando church on
Main Plaza; part of Main PlazaL
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/281/?q=menger: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.