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TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES. 279
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ANCItENT SAN AsTosIo SCE NEIY "aIAIN PLAZA," SOE Six ' YEARS ;:()
This interesting and Old Scenery of One of the Lungkwitz's Drawings From Nature, Represents the Ancient
San Fernando Cathedral on Main Plaza (True to Nature, With Its Original High Rock Wall Enclosures Surround-
ing This Old Mission Church,) Also Some of the Old Adobe Houses, With Umbrella China-Trees on North Side of
the Plaza, Near an ()ld Auction louse (Now Frost's Bank); and Some Such Trees existed also on the South Side
Near the Ancient Court House and Post Office (Now Southern Hotel); and also, the view shows some Mexican Car-
retas Loaded With Wood and Hay, and the Ancient United States Flag Pole and Some Adobe Houses Are Seen on
the Adjoining Military Plaza. In the Center of the Picture is Seen an Ancient Four-Team Stage; Some City
Officials and Mexican Caballeros. (Photo Reproduced by the Writer From an Original Drawing of the Late H.
Lungkwitz of San Antonio.7,'7
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/283/?q=menger: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.